gh-t-sh

Description

The Arabic root غطش (gh-t-sh) conveys the meaning of darkness, dimness, or the covering of light, particularly referring to the darkness of night. In the Quran, it appears in Surah An-Nazi'at (79:29) where Allah describes darkening the night as part of His creative power in ordering the cosmos. This root emphasizes the divine control over the natural phenomenon of nightfall and the alternation between light and darkness as signs of Allah's dominion over creation.