1قُل أَعوذُ بِرَبِّ الفَلَقِGeorge SaleSay, I fly for refuge unto the Lord of the day-break1,The day-break;] The original word properly signifies a cleaving, and denotes, says al Beidawi, the production of all things in general from the darkness of privation to the light of existence, and especially of those things which proceed from others, as springs, rain, plants, children, & c. and hence it us used more particularly to signify the breaking forth of the light from darkness, which is a most wonderful instance of the divine power.