اللَّيْلَat night

Example sentences

• وَأَنَا مُذّ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةٍ أَصُومُ النَّهَارَ وَأَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ،

  And for forty years I have fasted during the day and stood in prayer at night,

  اللَّيْلَ — at night,. A definite noun, marked by al-, in the adverb-of-time slot meaning 'through the night'. Like its daytime twin it takes the accusative for a span of time, so no preposition is needed; the ending alone marks it as the stretch across which the night-prayer is kept.

  From: A Night of Reckoning →