Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Lail, Ayah 1

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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ

By the night when it covers

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

And from his narration on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that he said regarding the interpretation of Allah's saying: (By the night enshrouding): '(By the night enshrouding) He says: Allah swears by the night when it enshrouds the light of day.

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By the night as it enshrouds with its darkness all that is between the heaven and the earth

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Cover the vessels and tie the waterskin, for there is a night in a year when pestilence descends, and it does not pass an uncovered vessel or an untied waterskin but some of that pestilence descending...

Narrated by Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: