Quran glossary · draft

سَلْخُ النَّهَار

strip away

To remove a covering layer completely from what lies beneath it.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: سلخ

Lemmas: نسلخ

Forms: نَسْلَخُ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

36:37

وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ ٱلَّيْلُ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظْلِمُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

All three occurrences were reviewed. Form VII presents a person detaching from signs and a protected time-period passing away; form I depicts daylight being stripped from night. Complete separation unifies the contextual renderings.