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In Quranic vocabulary, the names are Salat ul Fajr and Salat ul Isha (24:58). Other names might be discussed in the literature but are not attested to by Quran. While the timings of the two compulsory prayers, Fajr and Isha, are mentioned in 11:114: => Two ends of the day (طرفی النہار), i.e sunrise and sunset. But which part of the end? Before sunrise or after sunrise? And before sunset or after sunset? Since Quran is a Fully Detailed Scripture, it cannot leave it to our speculation to guess the exact time, so exact time is clarified, after this phrase by adding زلفا من اللیل which means, “nearer part of the night”, hence creating a window of time which is before sunrise and after sunset, when it is still the edges of the day but the edges are falling towards the night, not towards the day. In Arabic grammar, the “و” appearing between طرفی النہار and زلفا من اللیل is known as عطف البیان, which is used for clarifying the phrase preceding “و” with more details. The verse 17:78 repeats the same time of Isha in different words: at the setting of the sun (دلوک الشمس), until the darkness of the night. And Quran at Fajr, indicating that more time should be dedicated for recitation of Quran at Salat ul Fajr.