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SURAH AL-QADR
Bismillah Hir Rahmaanir Raheem
Inna Anzalnaho Fi Lailatul Qadre Wa Ma Adraaka Ma Lailatul Qadr
Lailatul Qadre
Khairum Min Alfe Shaher Tanazzalul Malaikatu War Ruhu Fiha
Beizne Rabbehim Min
Kulle Amrin Salamun Hiya Hatta Matla’il Fajr
In The Name of Allah,
The Beneficent, The Merciful
Surely, We sent it (The
Qur’an) down on the night of
Honor.
And what makes you know
what the Night of Honor is?
The Night of Honor is
better than a thousand nights.
The Angels and the
Spirit descend on descend
therein by their Lord’s leave of
every affair.
Peace! It is still the
rising of the dawn.
Allah says in Sura Al-Baqara
verse 185 “Ramzan is the month
in which was sent the Qur’an”
which conveys the notion that
the whole Qur’an was descended
in this month.
The first verse of Sura al-Qadr
contains two pronouns; one is
“it” referring to Qur’an and the
other “ we ” relates to Almighty
Himself. Together with these two
pronouns the very fact that it
was revealed on the Night of
Honor manifests the importance
of The Holy Qur’an.
The revelation was of two kinds:
one was that the whole Qur’an
came down, at once, in one night
on the heart of the Holy
Prophet(s) or, the Bait-ul-Mamoor,
or from the “Preserved Tablet”
or “Lauh-e-Mahfooz”. The second
kind of revelation was the Holy
Qur’an came down in portions,
gradually, during the life time
of the Holy Prophet(s).
This explanation is further
supported by the fact that the
two different Arabic words like
“Inzaal” and“Tanzeel” have been
used in the Noble Qur’an. Inzaal
has a broad meaning and here it
implies “bringing down all at
once” while Tanzeel implies
bringing down gradually.
The Night of Honor is better
than thousand nights which is
about eighty years. It is
reported that the Holy
Prophet(s) said “one of the
members of the Israelites had
spent one thousand months
wearing his fighting dress on
and prepared to fight on the
path of Allah”
On hearing this, the companions
wished if they could also do the
same. Hence this verse was
revealed.
The word “tanazzala” is a future
term showing continuity and
hence the Night of Honor
comes every year. About the
meaning of word “Ruh” Imam
Jaffer al-Sadiq (a.s.) said
“Gibraeel is one of the angels
and “Ruh” is greater than the
angels. Has Allah, the Exalted,
not said “The Angels and the
Spirit descended”. The objective
for the descend is to
proportionate and assign the
fates and to bring any blessings
and goodness on that night.
Sura Al-Dukhan verse 3 and 4
reads “that We have revealed the
Qur’an on a blessed night to
warn mankind. On this night,
every absolute command coming
from Us becomes
distinguishable.”Other
traditions corroborate to this
fact that every human’s
sustenance, life span and other
important events for the next
year are decided by Allah on
this night. This does not in any
way obstructs an individual’s
independence of actions as it is
reflected by his purity of
intentions, knowledge, faith
etc. Qazaa-o-Qadr has already
been discussed in a separate
article. The fact that the
angels and the Ruh descends
every year points to the
existence of an infallible on
the earth till the last day of
this universe.
The last verse of the sura which
says “Peace! It is till the
rising of the dawn” It is a
night on which both the Qur’an
has descended and worship and
vigilance is equal to a thousand
months.
Imam Baqir (a.s.) when asked as
to which night was the Night of
Honor, replied “How do we not
know it, whereas angels go round
us therein”
There are narrations that on
that night the destinies and
affairs of men are determined;
sustenance, death and other
affairs are made distinct and
clear. It is called the Night of
Honor:
1.
Because it is very important.
2.
Also because the Holy Qur’an was
revealed to the Grand Apostle of
Allah by means of His Grand
Angel.
3.
A person who keeps vigil on that
night obtains a grand rank.
As to the question that which
night is the Night of Honor, it
is suggested as 1st,
17th, 19th,
21st, 23rd,
27th and 29th
of Ramazaan. Imam Jaffer
al-Sadiq (a.s.) suggested to be
21st or 23rd.
Virtues of reciting Sura al-Qadr:
The Holy Prophet(s) said “He who
recites Sura al-Qadr will be
rewarded like the one who has
fasted the whole month of
Ramazaan and has kept vigil the
night of the Qadr.
Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) said
“He who recites Sura al-Qadr
loudly and openly like a person
who fights in the Holy War on
the path of Allah and he who
recites hiddenly like a person
who swims in his own blood for
the sake of Allah.”
Allah has kept his love obscured
in different prayers, obligatory
or recommended, so that people
will turn towards them. He has
kept hidden His Wrath in sins so
that people will abstain from
disobedience and committing
sins. He has kept his friends
secret so that people will
respect every one. He has kept
acceptance of prayers in
different supplications so that
people will rush towards
prayers. He has kept hidden His
Isme Aazam in Asma-ul-Husna so
that people will recite all
names of Allah. Allah’s names
has been mentioned in Duaa-e-Jaushan-e-Kabeer
which contains His one thousand
names. And lastly, He has kept
the time of death secret from
people so that they should
always be prepared for it.
Is it possible to have one Night
of Honor in different cities?
The answer to this question will
be clear by studying what is
night. At any moment, half of
the globe is in darkness and
because the earth is moving on
its axis and completes one
revolution in 24 hours. Hence,
the Night of Honor may be one
complete revolution during which
time every part of the earth
will be in darkness. |
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