تُضِيءُ الظَّلَامَ بِالْعِشَاءِ كَأَنَّهَا
مَنَارَةُ مُمْسَى رَاهِبٍ مُتَبَتِّلِ
“She illuminates the evening darkness as though she were the lit beacon or lamp-place of a monk spending the evening in religious seclusion.”
Tuḍīʾu al-ẓalām is a vivid, intensified way of portraying brightness. Manārah evokes a conspicuous light or lamp-place. Rāhib mutabattil is a monk withdrawn from worldly concerns for devotion.
The verse presents a sensory comparison between a radiant face and a lamp shining in evening darkness. It does not assert that the woman literally changes night into day; the exaggeration brings out the extraordinary visual impression.