# Dal-Lam-Kef — دلك (dlk)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/dlk

- **Meaning:** Rubbing, squeezing, pressing, decline, sinking, become red, set, incline downwards from the meridian (sun). The whole phrase 'duluk-as-shams' defined as 'sunset' by Lane.
- **Derived forms:** دُلُوك (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 78

- **Form in this verse:** لِدُلُوكِ — lidulūki · "at the decline"
  - **Grammar:** noun · noun-verb · masculine · genitive case

اَقِمِ الصَّلٰوةَ لِدُلُوكِ الشَّمْسِ اِلٰى غَسَقِ الَّيْلِ وَقُرْاٰنَ الْفَجْرِۜ اِنَّ قُرْاٰنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُوداً

Aqimi assalatalidulooki ashshamsi ila ghasaqi allayli waqur-anaalfajri inna qur-ana alfajri kana mashhooda

Uphold thou the duty at the merging of the sun until the dark of night, and the recitation of dawn — the recitation of dawn is witnessed —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-78.md_

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