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Laylat al-Qadr

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Laylat al-Qadr
event, religious holiday
Subclass ofIslamic holidays Edit
Part ofRamadan Edit
Year dem found am631 Edit
Get useworship in Islam Edit
Name in native languageلَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ Edit
Religion anaa worldviewIslam Edit
CultureArab world, Muslim world Edit
Ein locationUniverse, world, worldwide Edit
Part of the seriesAl-'Ashr al-Awakher Edit
Main subjecthistory of the Quran Edit
Dey followJahiliyyah Edit
Followed byummah Edit
Genrespiritual practice, religious activity Edit
AuthorGod in Islam Edit
Country of originHejaz Edit
Language of work or nameArabic Edit
IllustratorJibril, Muhammad, angel in Islam Edit
CommemoratesHira, Jabal al-Nour Edit
OperatorMuslim, Mukallaf Edit
Location of creationMecca Edit
HashtagLaylat al-Qadr Edit
Copyright statuspublic domain Edit

Insyd Islamic belief, de Laylat al-Qadr (insyd Arabic: لیلة القدر) anaa Night of Power[1] be de night wen Muslims believe na dem first send down de Quran from heaven to de world, wey na sanso be wen dem reveal de Quran ein first verses to de Islamic prophet Muhammad by de angel Gabriel.[2]

Insyd de Quran, dem dey say dis night be better dan 1,000 months (approximate 83.3 years).[3] According to de various hadiths, ein exact date be uncertain, buh na ebe one of de odd-numbered nights of de last ten days of Ramadan, de ninth month of de Islamic calendar. Since dat time, Muslims regard de last ten nights of Ramadan as e be especially blessed. Muslims dey believe de Night dey san cam every year, plus blessings den mercy of God in abundance.[4] Dem name de surah al-Qadr after dis Night, den de chapter ein purpose be make e describe de greatness of de occasion.

Naming

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Qadr (قدر) insyd Arabic, dey mean de measure den limit anaa value of sam thing anaa destiny.[5] Na dem offer sam reasons for ein naming:

  • Na dem say dem dey call am “al-Qadr” secof dem dey determine de annual destiny of every person by God.[6]
  • Sam say if one stay awake for dis night insyd prayer, dey read de Quran, anaa dey repent, one go reach a higher state.[7]
  • Na sam say dem dey bell am “al-Qadr” secof ebe a grand den highly valued night.[8]

Oda names give dis Night dey include Laylat al-'Azama (Arabic: ليلة العظمة, “Night of de Greatness”) den Laylat ash-Sharaf (Arabic: ليلة الشرف; lit. 'Night of de Honour').[9]

Revelation to Prophet Muhammad

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Sam Islamic experts dey believe dat na dem reveal de Quran to Muhammad twice:

  • De “immediate revelation”, for de Cave of Hira for de first Laylat al-Qadr insyd 610 CE;
  • De “gradual revelation” of Makkan den Medinan surat over de succeeding 23 years.

De Quran dey use de word anzal (انزل) wich dey justify “immediate revelation”, according to Allamah Tabatabai.[10] Sam odas dey believe dat de revelation of Quran occurr insyd two different phases, plus de first be ein entire revelation for Laylat al-Qadr to de Angel Gabriel (Jibril insyd Arabic) insyd de lowest heaven, den de subsequent verse-by-verse revelation to Muhammad from Gabriel.[11] De first surah dem reveal be de first seven āyat (verses) of Sūrat al-ʿAlaq ( العلق).[12][13]

Muhammad go usually practice spiritual retreat (Iʿtikāf) during de last ten days of Ramadan, wey dey await de Night of Power, fasting den praying thru out de night, den dey abstain from sexual relations. Na he urge ein followers make dem do de same as one hadith dey note: "Whoever stands [in prayer] during the Night of Power out of belief and seeking reward, his previous sins are forgiven." (Sahih al-Bukhari 1901)[4][14]

Date

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Dem no mention de specific date of Laylat al-Qadr insyd de Quran.[15][16] Na Muhammad say God tell am de exact date insyd a dream, buh as na he go make he flow ein companions about am, he see two people wey dey fight wey God make am forget de date.[17]

According to de Islamic calendar, an Islamic day dey begin for Maghrib prayer (sunset). De Night of Power thus dey span Maghrib to Fajr prayer de following dawn.[18]

Sunni Islam

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Sunni Muslims dey believe Laylat al-Qadr be most likely one of de odd-numbered nights among de last ten of Ramadan (i.e., de 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th, anaa 29th). Sam scholars dey opine de odd-numbered night falling for a Friday be de year ein Laylat al-Qadr.[19][20]

Last five odd nights Gregorian date[21]
1441 15 May 2020, 17 May 2020, 19 May 2020, 21 May 2020 anaa 23 May 2020
1442 4 May 2021, 6 May 2021, 8 May 2021, 10 May 2021 anaa 12 May 2021
1443 22 April 2022, 24 April 2022, 26 April 2022, 28 April 2022 anaa 30 April 2022
1444 11 April 2023, 13 April 2023, 15 April 2023, 17 April 2023 anaa 19 April 2023
1445 31 March 2024, 2 April 2024, 4 April 2024, 6 April 2024 anaa 8 April 2024
1446 20 March 2025, 22 March 2025, 24 March 2025, 26 March 2025 anaa 28 March 2025

Shi’a Islam

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Iranians dey observe Qadr Night insyd Imam Reza shrine
Iranians dey observe Qadr Night insyd Jamkaran Mosque

Shi’a Muslims similarly dey believe Laylat al-Qadr be one of de last ten odd-numbered nights insyd Ramadan, plus de 19th, 21st, den especially de 23rd be most important.[22] De date of 19 Ramadan be de anniversary of Imam ʿAlī ein assassination while praying insyd de mihrab of de Great Mosque of Kufa, wey dey lead to ein death on 21 Ramadan.[23]

Shi’a dey say ʿAlī (wey sanso be de fourth Rashidun Caliph to Sunnis) get special insight den intimacy plus God for dis night. Imam Sadiq be quoted as saying insyd Tafsir "al-Burhan" (vol. 4, p. 487):

Once Imam Ali was reciting Surat al-Qadr and his sons, Imam Hasan (a) and Imam Husayn (a) were near him. Imam Husayn (a) asked his father: "Father, how come we feel a different sensation when you recite this surah?" Imam Ali(a) replied, "O son of the Prophet and my son! I know things from this chapter that you are not aware of now. When this surah was sent down to the Prophet he asked me to go to him. When I went to him he recited this surah, then he put his hand on my right shoulder and said: O my brother and my successor! O the leader of my nation after me! O tireless fighter with my enemies! This surah is yours after me, and is for your two sons after you. Gabriel who is my brother among the angels informs me of the events of one year of my nation at the night of Qadr. And after me he will give this information to you. This surah will always have a shining light in your heart and in the heart of your successors until the rising of the dawn of the day of reappearance of Qa'im [the one who rises, a title for the Islamic Messiah, Mahdi]."[24]

Na Ibn Abbas meanwhile be aware of both de date den day of de week.[25][26] Hence, Shi’as generally conclude e dey fall on de 23 Ramadan.[11]

According to oda hadiths, dem dey wrep destinies for de night of 19 Ramadan, finalize de night of 21 Ramadan, den ultimately confirm de night of 23 Ramadan.[27]

Two oda possible dates for Laylat-al-Qadr be 27 Ramadan den 15 Sha'ban.[28]

23rd of Ramadan Gregorian date
1440 28 May 2019[29][30]
1441 16 May 2020[31]
1442 5 May 2021[32]
1443 24 April 2022[33]
1444 14 April 2023[34]
1445 3 April 2024[35]
1446 24 March 2025[36]

References

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  1. ↑ Daneshgar, Majid; Saleh, Walid A (2017). Islamic Studies Today: Essays in Honor of Andrew Rippin. Leiden. p. 93. ISBN 9789004337121. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "نزول قرآن در شب قدر" [The revelation of the Quran on the Night of Power] (in Persian). Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  3. ↑ Sahih al-Bukhari. "Book of Revelation - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)". As-Sunnah Foundation of America. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Seyyed Hossein Nasr (2015), The Study Quran, HarperCollins, p.1539
  5. ↑ Qarashī, Qāmūs al-Qurʾān, vol. 5, p. 246–247.
  6. ↑ Tabatabai, Tafsir Al-Mizan, 1363, vol. 20, p. 561.
  7. ↑ Ghadmiari, "Night of Destiny in Hafez's lyric poems", p. 180.
  8. ↑ Makarem Shirazi, Tafsir Nomoneh, 1996, vol. 27, p. 188.
  9. ↑ Majidi Khameneh. Nights of Glory in Iran. p. 1.
  10. ↑ Staff. "Qadr night from the view point of Allamah Tabtabaei". Allamah Tabtabaei University. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 A. Beverley, James (2011). "Laylat al-Qadr". In Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. Volume two L-Z. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 517. ISBN 9781598842067. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  12. ↑ al-Mubarakpuri, Safi-ur-Rahman (2002). The Sealed Nectar. Riyadh: Dar-us-Salam. p. 68. ISBN 978-1591440710.
  13. ↑ Roslan Abdul-Rahim (December 2017). "Demythologizing the Qur'an Rethinking Revelation Through Naskh al-Qur'an" (PDF). Global Journal Al-Thaqafah. 7 (2): 62–3. doi:10.7187/GJAT122017-2. ISSN 2232-0474. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  14. ↑ "Sahih al-Bukhari 1901 - Fasting - كتاب الصوم - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)". sunnah.com. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
  15. ↑ Islam and state in Sumatra: a study of seventeenth-century Aceh. p. 128.
  16. ↑ Marjo Buitelaar. Fasting and feasting in Morocco: women's participation in ramzan. p. 64.
  17. ↑ Sahih Bukhari. "Chapter: 2, Belief. Hadith No. 47". Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  18. ↑ "The Night of Power - Laylatul Qadr 2023". Islamic Relief UK (in British English). Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  19. ↑ Mohammad Younes, Arefi. "The importance of Qadr night and the secret behind it's being hidden". The Message of Woman (in Persian). Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  20. ↑ Parsa, Farvardin. "Laylat al-Qadr from the viewpoint of Sunni Muslims". Andisheh Club. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  21. ↑ "The Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  22. ↑ Ysuf, Imtiyaz. "Laylat al-Qadr". The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  23. ↑ Syed Muhammad Askari Jafari. "A biographical profile of Imam Ali". Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  24. ↑ "Imam Mahdi (a) in Chapter al-Qadr". Al-Islam.org (in English). 10 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  25. ↑ Sahih Bukhari. "Chapter: 32, Night prayer in Ramadan (Taraweeh). Hadith No: 239". Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020. Ibn Abbas added "Search for it on the twenty-fourth (of Ramadan)"
  26. ↑ Bombay Tract and Book Society (1856). Life of Mohammad. Bombay. p. 30. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020. In Islam night precedes day, so that, for example, "the night of the 23rd" is not the night between the 23rd and the 24th but the night between the 22nd and the 23rd.
  27. ↑ Klini, Sufficient Principles, 1996, vol. 2, p. 772.
  28. ↑ Kashani, Manhaj Al-Sadiqin, 1344, vol. 4, p. 274, quoting Eftekhari, \"Prayer and the Night of Power from the perspective of Musa Sadr\", p17.
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  30. ↑ "Calendar center of Geophysics institute of Tehran University, 1398 Calendar" (in Persian)" (PDF). calendar.ut.ac. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  31. ↑ "Calendar center of Geophysics institute of Tehran University, 1399 Calendar" (in Persian)" (PDF). calendar.ut.ac. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  32. ↑ "Calendar center of Geophysics institute of Tehran University, 1400 Calendar" (in Persian)" (PDF). calendar.ut.ac. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  33. ↑ "Calendar center of Geophysics institute of Tehran University, 1401 Calendar" (in Persian)" (PDF). calendar.ut.ac. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-04-24. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  34. ↑ "Calendar center of Geophysics institute of Tehran University, 1402 Calendar" (in Persian)". calendar.ut.ac.ir.
  35. ↑ "Calendar center of Geophysics institute of Tehran University, 1403 Calendar" (in Persian)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2024.
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