'-sh-w

Description

The Arabic root ع-ش-و ('ayn-shīn-wāw) primarily conveys the semantic core of diminished light, darkness, or the evening time when daylight fades. In the Quran, this root appears in words related to night, evening, and the darkness that follows sunset, often used to denote specific prayer times (like the evening prayer) or to describe the natural cycle of day and night as signs of God's creative power. The root emphasizes the transitional period between day and night and the concept of approaching or existing in darkness, both literal and sometimes metaphorically relating to confusion or lack of guidance.