Shab-e-Qadr means 'the night of power' or 'the
night of respect'; the most blessed of all the
nights of the year according to Islam. In the
Koran and Hadith it is referred to as Lailatu'l-Qadr.
In this night, five verses of Al-Alaq, the first
surah (chapter) of the Quran was revealed. About
Shab-e-Qadr the Quran says: it is the night in
which the Quran was revealed; it is better than
a thousand months; during this night the angles
including Jibra'il descended with the permission
of their Lord.
The precise date of Shab-e-Qadr is unknown except
that, according to Quran, it falls in Ramzan.
According to the prophetic tradition it is an
odd-numbered night among the last seven or 10
days of the month, that is, the 21st, 23rd, or
25th, or any of the 25th, 27th or 29th night of
Ramzan. However, Muslim scholars believe that
Shab-e-Qadr is the 27th night of Ramzan. This
night is a great mercy of Allah to the Muslims,
for by praying in this single night they can get
the reward of prayer done in more than thousand
months.
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