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'''Laylat al-Mabīt''' (Arabic: {{ia|لیلة المبیت}}, lit. the night of sleeping) is the title of the night on which [[Imam Ali (a)]] slept in the bed of the [[Prophet Muhammad (s)|Prophet (s)]] because [[polytheism|Polytheists]] of [[Quraysh]] had plotted to assassinate him. The Prophet (s) started his emigration from [[Mecca]] to [[Medina]] in the night, and Imam Ali (a) slept in his bed, so the assassins would not notice his absence. The [[Qur'an 2:207|verse 207]] of the [[Qur'an 2]] is revealed about the sacrifice of Ali (a) for saving the life of the Prophet (s).

As [[Shi'a]]<ref>Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 2, p. 99-100.</ref> and [[Sunni]]<ref>Ḥākim al-Niyshābūrī, ''al-Mustadrak ʿalā l-ṣaḥīḥayn'', vol. 3, p. 5; ʿAyyāshī, ''Tafsīr al-ʿAyyāshī'', vol. 1, p. 101.</ref> scholars have narrated, the [[Qur'an 2:207|verse 207]] of [[Qur'an 2]] is revealed about the night and the sacrifice of Ali (a) for the Prophet (s).