Arabic edit

Root
غ س ق (ḡ-s-q)

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غَسَق (ḡasaqm

  1. nightfall; dusk
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:78:
      قِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِدُلُوكِ ٱلشَّمۡسِ إِلَىٰ غَسَقِ ٱلَّیۡلِ وَقُرۡءَانَ ٱلۡفَجۡرِۖ إِنَّ قُرۡءَانَ ٱلۡفَجۡرِ كَانَ مَشۡهُودࣰا.
      Establish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the fall of night and the recitation of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.

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