The Qur’anic fast provides a contrasting endpoint. Night is the temporal limit at which the daytime fasting period ends, not an extra portion of the fasting interval.
«ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا الصِّيَامَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ»
Then complete the fast until night.
Qur’an 2:187 names night as the limit. Compare it with the elbows: elbows are part of the washed limb; night begins after the daytime fasting period. The treatment of an endpoint is tied to its relationship with what precedes it.
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Particles of Meaning: Aw, Hatta, Ila, Ala, Fi and Ba
The Qur’anic fast provides a contrasting endpoint. Night is the temporal limit at which the daytime fasting period ends, not an extra portion of the fasting interval.
«ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا الصِّيَامَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ»
Then complete the fast until night.
Qur’an 2:187 names night as the limit. Compare it with the elbows: elbows are part of the washed limb; night begins after the daytime fasting period. The treatment of an endpoint is tied to its relationship with what precedes it.