I CALL TO witness the star of the pleiades when it has dipped

By oath of the beloved shining star Mohammed (peace and blessings be upon him), when he returned from the Ascent.

By the Star when it plunges,

By the star when it setteth.

By the star when it goes down, (or vanishes).

By the star as it goes down.

By the star when it sets

By the Star when it setteth,

Shadow bands and light bands during a tropical sunset.

The planets withdrawing into themselves,

Who move straight and stop.

the runners, the sinkers,

Moving swiftly and hiding themselves,

And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves,

Precisely running their courses.

that hide,

The stars which rise and set,

SUNDOWN?

SUNDOWN.

One evening, the group sat around a campfire as the sun set, and around 50 African schoolchildren were bussed in.

One evening, the group sat around a campfire as the sun set, and around 50 African schoolchildren were bussed in.

In the Evening

Wait for the sunset!

Before dawn.

People are waiting for the sunset.

The sky is waiting for sunset.

It got cold after sunset.

After the sun sets, it has time to cool down.

The Decline of the West Revisited

The village was dead after sunset.

So indeed I call to witness the evening twilight,

So I call the placement of the stars to witness

So by oath of the late evening s light.

So I swear by the setting places of the stars.

No! I swear by the twilight

No! I swear by the fallings of the stars

I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

I swear by the setting of the stars

So I swear by the afterglow of sunset

So I swear by Mawaqi (setting or the mansions, etc.) of the stars (they traverse).

I swear by the twilight.

I swear by the locations of the stars.

Nay I swear by the twilight

No! I swear by the positions of the stars

Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,