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By the Ten Nights

October 17, 2012

[By the Dawn; And by the ten nights; And by the even and the odd] Fajr:1-3 By the Dawn: Allah takes an oath by the dawn (or Fajr). When Allah takes an oath by something it is to highlight its significance and Allah subḥāneh wa t’āla can take an oath by whatever He wills, we on the other hand, cannot swear by anything or anyone but the Almighty. If we were to translate it literally Fajr would translate to, ‘to…

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