moonless (السُّرَرُ)
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التعريف :
One or two nights at the end of a lunar month. They are given this name because the moon is invisible in these nights. The term is also said to refer to the beginning or the middle of a lunar month.
المعنى الاصطلاحي :
The day or two during which the moon is invisible at the end of the month.
الشرح المختصر :
"Surar" or "sirār" (moonless night) is the last night of the month. If the month consists of twenty-nine days, then its "sirār" is the twenty-eighth night. If the month is thirty days long, then its "sirār" is the twenty-ninth night.
التعريف اللغوي المختصر :
"Surar": the night during which the moon is invisible. Original meaning: disappearance, invisibility.