Tafseer of The Sun · Ash-Shams · 91:4
And [by] the night when it covers it
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His statement: وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا ("and by the night when it covers it"). The Exalted, whose praise is proclaimed, says: and by the night when it covers the sun, until it sets and the horizons grow dark.
And Qatāda said concerning this what Bishr related to us, saying: Yazīd related to us, saying: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda: وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا ("and by the night when it covers it"): when the night covers it.
