Lailatul Qadr- the Night of Decree/Power

 

Bismillahirahmaniraheem

 

Surah Qadr

We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of Power:
And what will explain to thee what the night of power is?
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.
Therein come down the angels and the Spirit by Allah’s permission, on every errand:
Peace!…This until the rise of morn!

 

Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) relates that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said:

"Whoever fasted the month of Ramadaan out of sincere Faith and hoping for a

reward from Allah (ihtisaabari), then all his past sins will be forgiven; and whoever stood

for prayers in the Night of Qadr out of sincere Faith and hoping for a reward

from Allah (ihtisaaban), then all his previous sins will be forgiven." (Bukhari and Muslim)

 

 

Allah, Most Exalted, has made worship during this night worth more than a thousand months, i.e. anyone who spent this night in worship, would have worshipped more than an equivalent of eighty three years and four months - lailatul qadri khayrum-min -alfi shahr - "The Night of Qadr is better than a thousand months." The reality is that Allah can increase the rewards gained during this month to as much as He wants and the amount is beyond our imagination.

 

Narrated by A’isya: “Allah’s Apostle (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Search for the Night of Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadan.”  

(al-Bukhari)

 

Lailatul Qadr is a blessing which has ONLY been given to the Ummah of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam).

 

Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti (rahmatullahi alayhi) relates on the authority of Anas (radiyallahu anhu) who reports that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: "This blessed night has only been gifted to my Ummah. None of the previous communities (umam) ever received such a gift. " (Jalaluddin Abdur- Rahman Suyuti, Tafsir ad-Durr al-Manthur, 6:371)

 

The Mufasirin (scholars of tafsir - who were learned in the science of commentating on the Qur'anic verses) write that in the previous communities, a person was known as an 'aabid' after worshiping Allah for a thousand months. However, the Holy Prophet's (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) community has received such a gift, that we are able to gain similar rewards in just one single night. (Muhammad bin Ali Shawkaani, Fathul-Qadir, 5:472)

 

article contributed by Brother Bayazid Qadri