Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Muddaththir, Ayah 33
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And [by] the night when it departs
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And by the night when it returns! if read as idhā dabara when it comes back after day a variant reading has idh adbara meaning ‘when it has receded’.
Related Hadiths
Sahih Muslim#2442Sahih
When the night approaches and the day retreates and the sun sinks down, then the observer of the fast should break it. Ibn Numair made no mention of the word" then".
Narrated by 'Umar (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Sunan an-Nasa'i#3042Sahih
"We used to leave Jam Al-Muzdalifah for Mina at the end of the night, during the time of the Messenger of Allah."
Narrated by It was narrated that Umm Habibah said:
Sunan Ibn Majah#2795Sahih
It was narrated from ‘Aishah and Ibn ‘Abbas that the Prophet (ﷺ) delayed Tawafuz-Ziyarah until nighttime.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And the night when it withdraweth