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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. | '''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. In the [[Qur'an]], Laylat al-Qadr is mentioned in two Suras: [[Sura al-Qadr]] and [[Sura al-Dukhan]]. | ||
== | The exact date of Laylat al-Qadr is unknown. However, according to many traditions, it is in the month of [[Ramadan]]. [[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]] Muslims mark 27th of the month of Ramadan as Laylat al-Qadr. | ||
On these nights, Shi'a follow their [[Imams (a)]] in staying awake the whole night, reciting the Qur'an, praying and performing other rituals. 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 descend on that night would descend on him, an Imam with similar characteristics as of the Prophet (s). | |||
===Naming=== | |||
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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, ({{ia|قدر}}) in Arabic, means measure and limit or value of something or destiny.<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> | ||
Some reasons have been offered for its naming: | |||
It is said that it was called al-Qadr because the annual | * It is said that it was called al-Qadr because the annual destiny of every person will be determined by God, as it is mentioned in [[Sura al-Dukhan]] verse no.4: "Every definitive matter is resolved in it" and also in many hadiths that indicate the destiny of a year for everyone including the deeds, sustenance, births, deaths, etc. is determined at this night. | ||
* Some say that if one stay awake at this night, one will reach a high state. | |||
* Some have said that it was called al-Qadr because it is a grand and high-value night, as the Qur'an was revealed at this night to [[the Prophet]]'s (s) heart by an archangel.<ref>Malikī Tabrīzī, ''al-Murāqibāt'', p. 237-252.</ref> | |||
Other names such as "Laylat al-'azama" and "Laylat al-sharaf" have also be mentioned for this night. | |||
==Importance== | ==Importance== | ||
According to the Islamic teachings, Laylat al-Qadr has a special sacredness and holiness. At this night the | According to the Islamic teachings, Laylat al-Qadr has a special sacredness and holiness. At this night the destiny of the coming year will be determined. | ||
Occurrence of some events at this night has increased its importance. The whole Qur'an was sent down on the Prophet's (s) heart at this night as it is mentioned in Surat al-Qadr: | Occurrence of some events at this night has increased its importance. The whole Qur'an was sent down on the Prophet's (s) heart at this night as it is mentioned in Surat al-Qadr: | ||
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==Merits== | ==Merits== | ||
There is a complete Sura in the Qur'an describing and eulogizing this night, titled after it -al-Qadr. | There is a complete Sura in the [[Qur'an]] describing and eulogizing this night, titled after it -al-Qadr. | ||
Here are some attributes of this night which were mentioned in the Qur'an and hadiths: | Here are some attributes of this night which were mentioned in the Qur'an and hadiths: | ||
* It is better than one thousand months: the Qur'an explicitly denotes this in Surat al-Qadr "The night of Qadr is better than a thousand months." [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]] says in the 44th supplication of ''[[Sahifat al-Sajjadiyya]]'', which is about coming of the month of Ramadan "… Then He made one of its nights surpass the nights of a thousand months, and named it the Night of Qadr."<ref>''Al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādīyya'', p. 187.</ref> | * It is better than one thousand months: the Qur'an explicitly denotes this in Surat al-Qadr "The night of Qadr is better than a thousand months." [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]] says in the 44th supplication of ''[[Sahifat al-Sajjadiyya]]'', which is about coming of the month of Ramadan "… Then He made one of its nights surpass the nights of a thousand months, and named it the Night of Qadr."<ref>''Al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādīyya'', p. 187.</ref> | ||