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Offline chadiga

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why lailatul siam
« 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
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Re: why lailatul siam
« Reply #1 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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Re: why lailatul siam
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: why lailatul siam
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2013, 10:23:35 PM »
Salam
thanks for the answers. :)
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