A note on the meaning of the word "al-ghab."

The Shaykh : Bring it out, let us see.
Ali Hasan: Our Shaykh, in *al-Mu'jam al-Wasit*, which is a modern dictionary, it says, "Al-ghab of anything is its end and its last part. Al-ghab means after; it is said, 'he came al-ghab,' and 'the al-ghab fever that strikes one day after another,' and 'al-ghab water,'" and so on. But this meaning is close.
Al-'Awaisyah: I recall that I consulted some dictionaries on this, and among them, they said that one does it for a week and leaves it for a week, and so on. That is, al-ghab means, as if it is the taking from a thing and the diminishing of it.

The Shaykh: It is not a problem, but now, when you said "do it for a week and leave it for a week," it differs from what you said, "do it for a week or do it for a day!" Do it for a day and leave it for a week; is that how the meaning is, according to your last report? In that case, it would be an interpretation of al-ghab as a day without a day, as an interpretation of a week without a week. That is, there is a contrast between the negative and the positive, so one does not exceed the other. This is according to what you have just reported. Otherwise, the phrase is clear. The last word, in any case, remind me, if Allah wills, and I will review it again.