Core sense — night; wishes and anxieties; a thief, or a nightfarergenerated
1.1wishes; and anxieties—بَنَاتُ اللَّيْلِ
Given under بنى.
1.2the thief, or robber—اِبْنُ اللَّيْلِ
Er-Rāghib: the wayfarer, or traveller.
Given under بنى.
1.3a nightfarer—أَخُو اللَّيْلِ
See a verse cited under عَدَسَ.
Qur’ānic occurrences لَيْل 4 shown of 75
84:17
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَThe Night and its Homing;
89:2
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍBy the Nights twice five;
89:4
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِAnd by the Night when it passeth away;-
93:2
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰAnd by the Night when it is still,-
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: see نَهَارٌ . بَنَاتُ اللَّيْلِ Wishes: (T, TA in art. بنى :) and anxieties. (TA ibid.) اِبْنُ اللَّيْلِ The thief, or robber: (T in art. بنى :) and the wayfarer, or traveller. (Er-Rághib in TA in that art.) أَخُو اللَّيْلِ A nightfarer: see a verse cited voce عَدَسَ .