بِّسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةِ ٱلْقَدْرِ
We sent it (the Quran) down on the Night of Decree (Laylat al-Qadr).
Pickthall (1930): Lo! We revealed it on the Night of Power.
Quran · Surah 97 · 5 ayat
Surah Al-Qadr
The Night of Power
ٱلْقَدْر
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About this surah
Surah Al-Qadr ('The Night of Decree') has 5 ayat and is Meccan. It tells of the night on which the Quran began to be sent down, and says that this night is better than a thousand months. Muslims seek this night, Laylat al-Qadr, in the last ten nights of Ramadan, especially the odd-numbered ones, and spend it in prayer, Quran recitation and supplication.
The sending down of the QuranA blessed nightPeace
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ
And what will make you understand what the Night of Decree is?
Pickthall (1930): Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Night of Power is!
لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ
The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.
Pickthall (1930): The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.
تَنَزَّلُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍ
On it the angels and the Spirit (the angel Jibril) come down, by their Lord's permission, with every matter decreed.
Pickthall (1930): The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord, with all decrees.
سَلَـٰمٌ هِىَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ ٱلْفَجْرِ
It is peace until the break of dawn.
Pickthall (1930): (That night is) Peace until the rising of the dawn.
Quick quiz
According to ayah 3, the Night of Decree is better than how many months?
What does ayah 1 say was sent down on this night?
According to ayah 5, until when does the peace of this night last?
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Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani, Version 1.1), tanzil.net, CC BY 3.0, verbatim: tanzil.net. Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain; text from English Wikisource. Al-Fatiha aligned to the Hafs count (basmala as verse 1, his verses 6 and 7 joined); Quraysh: his verses 4 and 5 joined.. Plain meanings, introductions and quiz: IndiaDigital, awaiting review by an Islamic scholar.
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