Allāh, The Might and Sublime, says:
"Verily! We have sent it (this Qurān) down in the night of
al-Qadr.
And what
will make you know what the night of al-Qadr is?
The night
of al-Qadr is better than a thousand months (i.e. worshiping
Allāh in that night is better than worshiping Him a thousand months, i.e. 83
years and 4 months).
Therein
descend the angels and Jibrīl by Allāh’s permission with all decrees. Peace!
until the appearance of dawn."
[Sūrah al-Qadr (97):
1-5]
Imām al-S’adī [d. 1376 AH], رحمه الله, commented on this sūrah by saying:
Allāh,
the Most High, says: ‘Verily! We have sent it (i.e. this
Qurān) down in the night of al-Qadr.’ – He, the Most High,
revealed this verse in order to make clear it’s (i.e. the night al-Qadr’s)
virtue and its high standing. He, The Most High, also says [in another place in
the Qurān]: ‘Verily! We have sent it (this Qurān) down on a
blessed night.’
What
is meant is that Allāh, the Most High, sent it down in Ramaḍān, on the
night of al-Qadr. [And by doing so], He, the Most High, showed great
mercy to His slaves; and [His] slaves are unable to show [sufficient] thanks
for this blessing.
[After this verse],
Allāh, the Most High, magnifies the affair and status of the night of al-Qadr by saying: ‘And what will make you know what the
night of al-Qadr is?’ In other
words: Indeed its affair is lofty, and its significance is great.
[Then, Allāh, the
Most High, says]: ‘The
night of Al-Qadr is better than a thousand months (i.e.
worshipping Allāh in that night is better than worshipping Him a thousand
months, i.e. 83 years and 4 months). – [Noble Quran]
Meaning, its virtue
is that of a thousand months. Therefore, [a worshipper’s righteous] actions
that night are better than worshipping Allāh a thousand months, i.e. 83 years
and 4 months) other than it.
This is something
that bewilders the minds and astonishes the intellects. Allāh, the Most
High, has bestowed upon this weak nation great strength by providing them with
a night wherein their [righteous] actions are equal to and greater than those
performed in a thousand months other than it.
[Realize O Muslim],
that a life span of eighty years is viewed as a long life; [yet, one is able to
achieve a life time of worship in one night].
[Then, Allah, the
Most High, says]: Therein
descend the angels and the Rūh [Jibrīl] by Allāh’s Permission with all
decrees. In other words: The descent of the angels that night
is plentiful.
[And in the last
verse] He, the Most High, says: ‘Peace!
until the appearance
of dawn.’ In other words: There is safety that night from all
evil and harm, beginning from when the sun sets until the sun has fully risen.
And there are an
abundance of ḥadīth discussing its
(the night of al-Qadr’s)
virtue and that it is in the last ten nights of Ramaḍān,
specifically the odd nights. These characteristics will remain until the
[final] hour is established.
For this reason,
the Messenger of Allah, used to seclude himself in the Masjid and increase in
worship during the last ten nights in Ramaḍān, hoping that his acts
of worship would fall on the night of al-Qadr.
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