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Title: why lailatul siam
Post by: chadiga on February 21, 2013, 01:56:09 AM

Salam
i have a question about Sura al baqara. We found there the instruction for  fasting. We read in 2.187  uhilla lakum lailata assiyam rafathu ila nisaaikum...
lailata is in singular- how this is possible, when the shahr ramadan contents many nights? Or is this 'normal' arabic grammatic??
thanks for clarification
peace

Title: Re: why lailatul siam
Post by: HOPE on February 21, 2013, 10:17:24 AM

Peace sister,

http://corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp?chapter=2&verse=187

maybe this can help. laylatan

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Title: Re: why lailatul siam
Post by: Joseph Islam on February 21, 2013, 10:23:26 PM

Dear Chadiga,

May peace be with you.

In reading the Arabic and the time adverb 'lailata', I find nothing unusual. In the context of the fasting month, the time adverb would simply refer to any typical fasting night.

I hope that helps, God willing.

Regards,
Joseph.

Title: Re: why lailatul siam
Post by: chadiga on February 22, 2013, 10:23:35 PM

Salam
thanks for the answers. :)