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Root: ع س ع س

Words from this Root in the Grand Qur'aan:

a) Total occurrences: 1 

 

• And swearing is by the Night when it has about turned-unwrapped;  [81:17]

• And by the true dawn when it: life has made- transformed itself breathe- energize -photosynthesized; [81:18]

• And by the Night when it has retreated - departed - about turned; [74:33]

• And by the Dawn when it has become prominent/evident;, [74:34]

 

(81:17) وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ And by the night as it closes in.

The verb عسعس could mean 'arrive' or 'depart', so it could mean both 'the night as it arrives' or 'the night as it departs'. Which one is more probable?

Checking the Qur'an we find in only one verse (74:33) وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ And [by] the night when it departs. But we find majority verses where Allah swears by the night when it's darkness engulfs the horizon. See for example (91:4), (91:4), and (93:2). So, the majority vote wins and that is what Ibn Katheer supported as opposed to the view of Ibn Jarir.

 

about-turned

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Verb: Perfect; Third Person; Singular; Masculine; Subject pronoun hidden; [فَعْلَلَ  format]  (1)81:17=1            فعل ماضٍ مبني على الفتح/الفاعل:ضمير مستتر جوازاً تقديره:هُوَ-واحد مذكرغائب

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