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'''Laylat al-Qadr''' (Arabic: {{ia|لَیلَة القَدر}}, Night of Power, Night of Value, Night of Measure, Night of Decree) is the best and most sacred night in the year based on Islamic teachings. The exact date of Laylat al-Qadr is unknown. [[Shi'a]] believe that it is the night of 19th or 21st or 23rd of the month of [[Ramadan]] or 15th of [[Sha'ban]]. Majority of [[Sunni]] mark 27th of the month of Ramadan as Laylat al-Qadr. In the Qur'an, Laylat al-Qadr is mentioned in two Suras: [[Sura al-Qadr]] and [[Sura al-Dukhan]]. The anniversary of [[Imam 'Ali]]'s martyrdom at [[21st of Ramadan]] has increased the importance of these days among Shi'a. According to [[hadiths]], Laylat al-Qadr is not only for [[the Prophet]]'s time, rather there is Laylat al-Qadr in every year. Based on these hadiths, Shi'a demonstrated that there must be a living [[Imam]] so that the angels who descent on that night would send down on him, an Imam with similar characteristics as of the Prophet (s). | '''Laylat al-Qadr''' (Arabic: {{ia|لَیلَة القَدر}}, Night of Power, Night of Value, Night of Measure, Night of Decree) is the best and most sacred night in the year based on Islamic teachings. The exact date of Laylat al-Qadr is unknown. [[Shi'a]] believe that it is the night of 19th or 21st or 23rd of the month of [[Ramadan]] or 15th of [[Sha'ban]]. Majority of [[Sunni]] mark 27th of the month of Ramadan as Laylat al-Qadr. In the Qur'an, Laylat al-Qadr is mentioned in two Suras: [[Sura al-Qadr]] and [[Sura al-Dukhan]]. The anniversary of [[Imam 'Ali]]'s martyrdom at [[21st of Ramadan]] has increased the importance of these days among Shi'a. According to [[hadiths]], Laylat al-Qadr is not only for [[the Prophet]]'s time, rather there is Laylat al-Qadr in every year. Based on these hadiths, Shi'a demonstrated that there must be a living [[Imam]] so that the angels who descent on that night would send down on him, an Imam with similar characteristics as of the Prophet (s). | ||
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Qadr, (قدر) in Arabic, means measure and limit or value of something.<ref>Qarashī, ''Qāmūs al-Qurʾān'', vol. 5, p. 246-247.</ref> It is also used about the measure and the limits of existence.<ref>Ṭabāṭabāʾī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 12, p. 144.</ref> | Qadr, (قدر) in Arabic, means measure and limit or value of something.<ref>Qarashī, ''Qāmūs al-Qurʾān'', vol. 5, p. 246-247.</ref> It is also used about the measure and the limits of existence.<ref>Ṭabāṭabāʾī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 12, p. 144.</ref> | ||