Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Fajr, Ayah 3
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
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and by the even the pair and the odd read watr or witr two alternative forms the single
Related Hadiths
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#193Sahih
"Bilal was ordered to make the phrases of the Adhan even, and the phrases of the Iqamah odd."
Narrated by Anas bin Malik narrated:
Sahih Muslim#3021Sahih
Odd number of stones are to be used for cleaning (the private parts after answering the call of nature), and casting of pebbles at the Jamras is to be done by odd numbers (seven), and (the number) of ...
Narrated by Jabir (b. Abdullab) (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Sahih Muslim#2410Sahih
Tho month is thus and thus, and thus, i. e. ten, ten and nine.
Narrated by Muhammad b. Sa'd reported on the authority of his father (Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas (Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had said:
Sahih al-Bukhari#4723Sahih
(Similarly--as no. 452 above.)
Narrated by Narrated `Abdullah:
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And the Even) the day of 'Arafah and the day of immolation (and the Odd) three days after the day of immolation; it is also said that the Even refers to all prayers which are made of an even number of units: two or four units of prayer-the Subh, Zuhr, 'Asr and 'Isha' prayers-while the Odd refers to the prayers which consists of an odd number of units of prayer such as the Maghrib and Witr prayers; it is also said that the Even refers to Heaven and earth, the life of the world and the Hereafter, Paradise and hell, the Throne and the Stool, the sun and the moon, while the Odd refers to everything that is odd in number; it is also said that the Even refers to the male and female, disbeliever and believer, the sincere and hypocrite, the righteous and the sinful, while the Odd refers to Allah.