That is why Shafi’i stipulates...

That is why Shafi’i stipulates, “ Duluk , in the verse, stands for the declining of the sun.” About the word غسق ( ghasaq ) in the honorable verse, the author of Mu’jam Maqayis Al-Lughah says, “The root of ghasaq (darkness of the night) is ( gh-s-q ), which is grammatically perfect ( sahih ) meaning ‘darkness.’ The meaning of ghasaq is hence ‘darkness.’[^9] Raghib says in Mufradat , “ ghasaq stands for the intensity of the darkness.” It is also quoted from Ibn Abbas that the word means the appearance of night and its darkness.[^10] Anyway, it seems that غسق الليل means the middle of the night and this is more compatible with what Raghib said in Mufradat previously quoted.