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{{Infobox holiday<br />
| holiday_name = Night of Power <br />{{small|(Laylat al-Qadr in {{langx|ar|ليلة القدر}}}})<br />
| type = [[Islamic]]<br />
| image = Qadr night in Jamkaran 2.jpg<br />
| alt = Qadr night in Jamkara<br />
| imagesize = <br />
| caption = [[Quran reading|Reading the Quran]] is a key observance of ''Laylat al-Qadr''<br />
| official_name = {{langx|ar|ليلة القدر}}<br />
| nickname = Night of the unprecedented, Precious Night, Night Of Decree or Night of Determination<ref>{{cite book|title=Britannica Guide to the Islamic World|date=2009|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=9781593398491|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbicAAAAQBAJ&q=Laylat+al-Qadr&pg=PA37|access-date=2 June 2017|language=en|archive-date=8 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408171806/https://books.google.com/books?id=tbicAAAAQBAJ&q=Laylat+al-Qadr&pg=PA37|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
| observedby = [[Muslim|Muslims]]<br />
| longtype = [[Islamic view of angels|Angels]] descend to the earth and the [[Predestination in Islam#Stages of Taqdeer (fate)|annual decree]] is revealed to them<br />
| date = Last 10 days of [[Ramadan]], especially the odd nights (some add the [[19 Ramadan|19th]])<br />
| observances = [[Tahajjud]] night prayers, reading the [[Quran]], making [[dua]], doing [[dhikr]], observing [[iʿtikāf]], giving [[sadaqah]], [[Istighfar|seeking forgiveness]]<br />
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| frequency = Annual<br />
}}<br />
{{Islam}}<br />
{{Islamic Culture}}<br />
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In [[Islam]]ic belief, '''Laylat al-Qadr'''{{efn|{{literal translation|lk=yes|A night that has a special significance and dignity.}} It is also known as the '''Shab-e Qadr''' ({{small|in [[Persian language|Persian]]: {{lang|fa|شب قدر}}}}), the '''Night of Destiny''',<ref name="Religious Celebrations">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lD_2J7W_2hQC&pg=PA517|last1=A. Beverley|first1=James|editor1-last=Melton|editor1-first=J. Gordon|title=Laylat al-Qadr|encyclopedia=Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. Volume two L-Z|date=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, CA|page=517|isbn=9781598842067|language=en|access-date=31 May 2017|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104220110/https://books.google.com/books?id=lD_2J7W_2hQC&pg=PA517|url-status=live}}</ref> the '''Night of Decree''',<ref name="halim">{{cite book|last=Halim|first=Fachrizal A.|title=Legal Authority in Premodern Islam: Yahya B Sharaf Al-Nawawi in the Shafi'i School of Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RUqLBQAAQBAJ|year=2014|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=9781317749189|page=15|access-date=31 May 2017|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104220030/https://books.google.com/books?id=RUqLBQAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> the '''Night of Determination''', or the '''Precious Night'''.}} ({{small|in [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: {{lang|ar|لیلة القدر}}}}) or '''Night of Power'''<ref name="Saleh">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtzzDQAAQBAJ&q=laylat+al-qad&pg=PA93|last1=Daneshgar|first1=Majid|last2=Saleh|first2=Walid A|title=Islamic Studies Today: Essays in Honor of Andrew Rippin|location=Leiden|date=2017|page=93|isbn=9789004337121|language=en|access-date=31 May 2017|archive-date=4 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304223435/https://books.google.com/books?id=LtzzDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA93&dq=laylat+al-qad|url-status=live}}</ref> is an [[Islamic holidays|Islamic festival]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Laylat al-Qadr &#124; Night of Power, Meaning, & Significance &#124; Britannica | url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Laylat-al-Qadr }}</ref> in memory of the night when [[Muslim]]s believe the [[Quran]] was first sent down from [[Heaven in Islam|heaven]] to the world, the first [[Waḥy|revelation]] the [[Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad in Islam|Muhammad]] received from the [[Angels in Islam|angel]] [[Jibrīl|Gabriel]].<ref><br />
{{cite web |url = https://ensani.ir/fa/article/137864|title = نزول قرآن در شب قدر|trans-title = The revelation of the Quran on the Night of Power|language= fa|access-date = 27 February 2025}}</ref> The Night of Power belongs to one of the five [[Kandil|Kandil Nights]].<br />
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In the Quran, it is said this night is better than 1,000 months (approximately 83.3 years).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sunnah.com/bukhari/1|last=Sahih al-Bukhari|title=Book of Revelation - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)|website=As-Sunnah Foundation of America|access-date=21 March 2020|archive-date=24 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524184809/https://sunnah.com/bukhari/1|url-status=live}}</ref> According to various [[Hadith|hadiths]], the exact date of the night is uncertain, though it is believed to fall on one of the odd-numbered nights during the last ten days of [[Ramadan]], the ninth month of the [[Islamic calendar]]. Since that time, Muslims have regarded the last ten nights of Ramadan as being especially blessed. [[Muslim]]s believe the Night comes again every year, with blessings and mercy of [[God in Islam|God]] in abundance.<ref name="Nasr 2015 p.1539">Seyyed Hossein Nasr (2015), The Study Quran, HarperCollins, p.1539</ref> The [[surah]] [[al-Qadr]] is named after this Night, and the chapter’s purpose is to describe the greatness of the occasion.<ref>{{qref|97|1-5|pl=y}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=শবে কদর কি? |url=https://islampidia.org/%e0%a6%b6%e0%a6%ac%e0%a7%87-%e0%a6%95%e0%a6%a6%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%a8%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%ae%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%9c%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%a8%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%af%e0%a6%bc%e0%a6%ae-%e0%a6%93/ |website=Islampidia}}</ref><br />
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== Naming ==<br />
''Qadr'' (قدر) in Arabic, means the measure and limit or value of something or destiny.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Qarashī, Qāmūs al-Qurʾān, vol. 5, p. 246–247}}</ref> Some reasons have been offered for its naming:<br />
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* It is said that it was called “al-Qadr” because the annual destiny of every person is determined by God.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Tabatabai, Tafsir Al-Mizan, 1363, vol. 20, p. 561.}}</ref><br />
* Some say if one stays awake on this night in prayer, reading the Quran, or repenting, one will reach a higher state.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ghadmiari, "Night of Destiny in Hafez's lyric poems", p. 180.}}</ref><br />
* Some have said that it was called “al-Qadr” because it is a grand and highly valued night.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Makarem Shirazi, Tafsir Nomoneh, 1996, vol. 27, p. 188.}}</ref><br />
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Other names for this Night include ''Laylat al-'Azama'' (Arabic: ليلة العظمة, “Night of the Greatness”) and ''Laylat ash-Sharaf'' (Arabic: ليلة الشرف; {{lit|Night of the Honour}}).<ref>{{Cite book|author=Majidi Khameneh|title=Nights of Glory in Iran|page=1}}</ref><br />
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==Revelation to Prophet Muhammad==<br />
Some Islamic experts believe that the Quran was revealed to Muhammad twice: <br />
*The “immediate revelation”, at the [[Cave of Hira]] on the first ''Laylat al-Qadr'' in 610 CE; <br />
*The “gradual revelation” of [[Meccan surah|Meccan]] and [[Medinan surah|Medinan]] ''surat'' over the succeeding 23 years.<br />
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The Quran uses the word ''anzal'' ({{lang|ar|انزل}}) which justifies “immediate revelation”, according to [[Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai|Allamah Tabatabai]].<ref name="Allamah">{{cite web|url=http://atu.ac.ir/fa/news/All/bodyView/5574/index.html|title=Qadr night from the view point of Allamah Tabtabaei|website=Allamah Tabtabaei University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703182159/http://atu.ac.ir/fa/news/All/bodyView/5574/index.html|archive-date=3 July 2016|last1=Staff|access-date=12 June 2016}}</ref> Some others believe that the revelation of Quran occurred in two different phases, with the first being its entire revelation on ''Laylat al-Qadr'' to the [[Islamic view of angels|angel]] [[Gabriel#Islam|Gabriel]] (''Jibril'' in Arabic) in the lowest heaven, and then the subsequent verse-by-verse revelation to Muhammad from Gabriel.<ref name="Religious Celebrations"/> The first ''surah'' revealed were the first seven ''[[Āyah|āyat]]'' (verses) of [[Al-Alaq|Sūrat al-ʿAlaq]] ( {{lang|ar|العلق}}).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/TheSealedNectar_201501|last=al-Mubarakpuri|first=Safi-ur-Rahman|title=The Sealed Nectar|publisher=Dar-us-Salam|year=2002|location=Riyadh|page=68|isbn=978-1591440710}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Roslan Abdul-Rahim |title=Demythologizing the Qur'an Rethinking Revelation Through Naskh al-Qur'an |url=http://www.gjat.my/gjat122017/GJAT122017-2.pdf |journal=Global Journal Al-Thaqafah |date=December 2017 |volume=7 |issue=2 |access-date=26 February 2019 |issn=2232-0474 |pages=62–3 |doi=10.7187/GJAT122017-2 |ref=RARDtQ2017 |archive-date=14 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214093748/http://www.gjat.my/gjat122017/GJAT122017-2.pdf |url-status=live |doi-access=free }}</ref><br />
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[[Muhammad]] would usually practice spiritual retreat (''[[Iʿtikāf]]'') during the last ten days of Ramadan, awaiting the Night of Power, fasting and praying throughout the night, and abstaining from sexual relations. He urged his followers to do the same as one [[hadith]] notes: "Whoever stands [in prayer] during the Night of Power out of belief and seeking reward, his previous sins are forgiven." (Sahih al-Bukhari 1901)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sahih al-Bukhari 1901 - Fasting - كتاب الصوم - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم) |url=https://sunnah.com/bukhari:1901 |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=sunnah.com}}</ref><ref name="Nasr 2015 p.1539"/><br />
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==Date==<br />
The specific date of ''Laylat al-Qadr'' is not mentioned in the Quran.<ref>''Islam and state in Sumatra: a study of seventeenth-century Aceh''. p. 128.</ref><ref>Marjo Buitelaar. ''Fasting and feasting in Morocco: women's participation in ramzan''. p. 64.</ref> Muhammad said God told him the exact date in a dream, but as he went to tell his [[sahaba|companions]] about it, he saw two people fighting and God made him forget the date.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ahadith.co.uk/chapter.php?page=4&cid=2&rows=10|last=Sahih Bukhari|title=Chapter: 2, Belief. Hadith No. 47|access-date=10 May 2020|archive-date=2 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602141914/https://ahadith.co.uk/chapter.php?page=4&cid=2&rows=10|url-status=live}}</ref> <br />
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According to the Islamic calendar, an Islamic day begins at [[Maghrib (prayer)|''Maghrib'' prayer]] (sunset). The Night of Power thus spans ''Maghrib'' to [[Fajr (prayer)|''Fajr'' prayer]] the following dawn.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Night of Power - Laylatul Qadr 2023 |url=https://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/giving/islamic-giving/ramadan/laylatul-qadr/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Islamic Relief UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> <br />
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===Sunni Islam===<br />
[[Sunni Islam |Sunni]] Muslims believe ''Laylat al-Qadr'' is most likely one of the odd-numbered nights among the last ten of Ramadan (i.e., the 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th, or 29th). Some scholars opine the odd-numbered night falling on a Friday is the year’s ''Laylat al-Qadr''.<ref name="Arefi">{{cite journal|title=The importance of Qadr night and the secret behind it's being hidden|url=http://www.daftarmags.ir/Journal/Text/PayamZan/Article/index.aspx?JournalNumber=245&ArticleNumber=31365|journal=The Message of Woman|language=fa|last1=Mohammad Younes|first1=Arefi|access-date=12 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813225931/http://www.daftarmags.ir/Journal/Text/PayamZan/Article/index.aspx?JournalNumber=245&ArticleNumber=31365|archive-date=13 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Parsa|first1=Farvardin|title=Laylat al-Qadr from the viewpoint of Sunni Muslims|url=http://www.bashgah.net/fa/content/show/7168|website=Andisheh Club|access-date=12 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821120152/http://www.bashgah.net/fa/content/show/7168|archive-date=21 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Last five odd nights !! Gregorian date<ref>{{cite web |url=https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/islam/ummalqura.htm |title=The Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia |access-date=18 November 2020 |archive-date=11 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611040922/http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/islam/ummalqura.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
|-<br />
| 1441 || 15 May 2020, 17 May 2020, 19 May 2020, 21 May 2020 or 23 May 2020<br />
|-<br />
| 1442 || 4 May 2021, 6 May 2021, 8 May 2021, 10 May 2021 or 12 May 2021<br />
|-<br />
| 1443 || 22 April 2022, 24 April 2022, 26 April 2022, 28 April 2022 or 30 April 2022<br />
|-<br />
| 1444 || 11 April 2023, 13 April 2023, 15 April 2023, 17 April 2023 or 19 April 2023<br />
|-<br />
| 1445 || 31 March 2024, 2 April 2024, 4 April 2024, 6 April 2024 or 8 April 2024<br />
|-<br />
|1446<br />
|20 March 2025, 22 March 2025, 24 March 2025, 26 March 2025 or 28 March 2025<br />
|}<br />
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=== Shi’a Islam ===<br />
{{see also|Assassination of Ali}}[[File:Qadr night in Imam Reza Shrine.jpg|thumb|Iranians observing Qadr Night in [[Imam Reza shrine]]]]<br />
[[File:Qadr night in Jamkaran 2.jpg|thumb|Iranians observing Qadr Night in [[Jamkaran Mosque]]]]<br />
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[[Shia Islam|Shi’a]] Muslims similarly believe ''Laylat al-Qadr'' to be one of the last ten odd-numbered nights in Ramadan, with the [[19 Ramadan|19th]], [[21 Ramadan|21st]], and especially the [[23 Ramadan|23rd]] being most important.<ref name="Oxford" /> The date of 19 Ramadan is the anniversary of [[Imam]] [[Ali|ʿAlī]]’s [[Assassination of Ali|assassination]] while praying in the [[mihrab]] of the [[Great Mosque of Kufa]], leading to his death on 21 Ramadan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alseraj.net/maktaba/kotob/english/FourteenInfallibles/ABiographical/ahlulbayt14/imam-ali.html#a16|last=Syed Muhammad Askari Jafari|title=A biographical profile of Imam Ali|access-date=10 May 2020|archive-date=9 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909182938/http://www.alseraj.net/maktaba/kotob/english/FourteenInfallibles/ABiographical/ahlulbayt14/imam-ali.html#a16|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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Shi’a’s say [[Ali|ʿAlī]] (who is also the fourth [[Rashidun Caliphate|Rashidun]] [[Caliphate|Caliph]] to Sunnis) had special insight and intimacy with God on this night. [[Imam Sadiq]] is quoted as saying in Tafsir "al-Burhan" (vol. 4, p.&nbsp;487):<br />
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<blockquote>Once Imam Ali was reciting Surat al-Qadr and his sons, [[Hasan ibn Ali|Imam Hasan]] (a) and [[Husayn ibn Ali|Imam Husayn]] (a) were near him. Imam Husayn (a) asked his father: "Father, how come we feel a different sensation when you recite this surah?" Imam Ali(a) replied, "O son of the Prophet and my son! I know things from this chapter that you are not aware of now. When this surah was sent down to the Prophet he asked me to go to him. When I went to him he recited this surah, then he put his hand on my right shoulder and said: O my brother and my successor! O the leader of my nation after me! O tireless fighter with my enemies! This surah is yours after me, and is for your two sons after you. Gabriel who is my brother among the angels informs me of the events of one year of my nation at the night of Qadr. And after me he will give this information to you. This surah will always have a shining light in your heart and in the heart of your successors until the rising of the dawn of the day of reappearance of [[Qa'im Al Muhammad|Qa'im]] [the one who rises, a title for the [[Mahdi|Islamic Messiah, Mahdi]]]."<ref name=":02">{{Cite news|title=Imam Mahdi (a) in Chapter al-Qadr|url=https://www.al-islam.org/message-thaqalayn/vol-12-no-2-summer-2011/imam-mahdi-chapter-al-qadr-muhammad-reza-hakimi/imam-mahdi#chapter-al-qadr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406153257/https://www.al-islam.org/message-thaqalayn/vol-12-no-2-summer-2011/imam-mahdi-chapter-al-qadr-muhammad-reza-hakimi/imam-mahdi#chapter-al-qadr|archive-date=6 April 2019|access-date=21 March 2020|newspaper=Al-Islam.org|date=10 August 2016 |language=en}}</ref></blockquote><br />
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[[Ibn Abbas]] was meanwhile aware of both the date and day of the week.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sahih Bukhari|title=Chapter: 32, Night prayer in Ramadan (Taraweeh). Hadith No: 239|url=http://ahadith.co.uk/searchresults.php?page=2&q=Night+of+Qadr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603220151/https://ahadith.co.uk/searchresults.php?page=2&q=Night+of+Qadr|archive-date=3 June 2020|access-date=10 May 2020|quote=Ibn Abbas added "Search for it on the twenty-fourth (of Ramadan)"}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bombay Tract and Book Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1SYNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA30|title=Life of Mohammad|date=1856|location=Bombay|page=30|access-date=12 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104220030/https://books.google.com/books?id=1SYNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA30|archive-date=4 November 2020|url-status=live}} In Islam night precedes day, so that, for example, "the night of the 23rd" is not the night between the 23rd and the 24th but the night between the 22nd and the 23rd.</ref> Hence, Shi’as have generally concluded it falls on the 23 Ramadan.<ref name="Religious Celebrations" /><br />
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According to other [[Hadith|hadiths]], destinies are written on the night of 19 Ramadan, finalized the night of 21 Ramadan, and ultimately confirmed the night of 23 Ramadan.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Klini, Sufficient Principles, 1996, vol. 2, p. 772.}}</ref><br />
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Two other possible dates for ''Laylat-al-Qadr'' are 27 Ramadan and 15 [[Sha'ban]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Kashani, Manhaj Al-Sadiqin, 1344, vol. 4, p. 274, quoting Eftekhari, \"Prayer and the Night of Power from the perspective of Musa Sadr\", p17}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
!23rd of Ramadan<br />
!Gregorian date<br />
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|1440<br />
|28 May 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dang.com/ramadan-calendar/ |title=Ramadan Calendar {{CURRENTYEAR}} |website=Islamicfinder |access-date=23 April 2019 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423060658/https://www.islamicfinder.org/ramadan-calendar/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Calendar center of Geophysics institute of Tehran University, 1398 Calendar" (in Persian) |url=https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/TYear/Data/Ordibehesht-Khordad1398.pdf |website=calendar.ut.ac |access-date=12 May 2019 |archive-date=12 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512075053/https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/TYear/Data/Ordibehesht-Khordad1398.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1441<br />
|16 May 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Calendar center of Geophysics institute of Tehran University, 1399 Calendar" (in Persian) |url=https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/News/data/Doc/Calendar%201399-Full.pdf |website=calendar.ut.ac |access-date=5 April 2020 |archive-date=25 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525003250/https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/News/Data/Doc/Calendar%201399-Full.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1442<br />
|5 May 2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Calendar center of Geophysics institute of Tehran University, 1400 Calendar" (in Persian) |url=https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/News/Data/Doc/Calendar%201400-Full.pdf |website=calendar.ut.ac |access-date=3 April 2022 |archive-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127184855/https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/News/Data/Doc/Calendar%201400-Full.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1443<br />
|24 April 2022<ref>{{cite web |title=Calendar center of Geophysics institute of Tehran University, 1401 Calendar" (in Persian) |url=https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/News/Data/Doc/Calendar%201401-Full.pdf |website=calendar.ut.ac |access-date=3 April 2022 |archive-date=2022-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424133750/https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/News/Data/Doc/Calendar%201401-Full.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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|1444<br />
|14 April 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Calendar center of Geophysics institute of Tehran University, 1402 Calendar" (in Persian) |url=https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/documents/2139738/7092644/Calendar-1402.pdf/31388aa2-304b-f243-8e60-06398df50f3f?t=1719740018855 |website=calendar.ut.ac.ir}}</ref><br />
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|1445<br />
|3 April 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=Calendar center of Geophysics institute of Tehran University, 1403 Calendar" (in Persian) |url=https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/News/Data/Doc/Calendar%201403.pdf<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331102543/https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/News/Data/Doc/Calendar%201403.pdf |archive-date=31 March 2024<br />
}}</ref><br />
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|1446<br />
|24 March 2025<ref>{{cite web |title=Calendar center of Geophysics institute of Tehran University, 1403 Calendar" (in Persian) |url=https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/documents/2139738/7092644/Calendar-1404.pdf/4321b7e0-d043-78ca-49f5-fbfc911e7901?t=1729620775906 |website=calendar.ut.ac.ir}}</ref><br />
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==Religious importance==<br />
The Night of Power is believed by Muslims to be of uncomparable importance.<ref name="Oxford"/> Blessings received through acts of worship and sharity during this night are said to multiply and thus receive special importance. It is stated that the reward of acts of worship done in this one night is more than the reward of a thousand months of worship.<ref name="Halim">{{cite book|last1=Halim|first1=Fachrizal A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RUqLBQAAQBAJ&q=laylat+al-qadr&pg=PA15|title=Legal Authority in Premodern Islam: Yahya B Sharaf Al-Nawawi in the Shafi'i School of Law|date=20 November 2014|publisher=Routledge|page=15|isbn=9781317749189|language=en|access-date=31 May 2017|archive-date=24 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224220027/https://books.google.com/books?id=RUqLBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA15&dq=laylat+al-qadr|url-status=live}}</ref> <br />
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Surah [[Al-Qadr]] of the Quran is about Laylat al-Qadr:<ref name="Religious Celebrations" /><ref name="Oxford">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Ysuf|first=Imtiyaz|title=Laylat al-Qadr|url=http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t236/e1058?_hi=0&_pos=4713|encyclopedia=The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World|access-date=2 June 2017|archive-date=18 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418033033/http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t236/e1058?_hi=0&_pos=4713|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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# We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of Decree:<br />
# And what will explain to thee what the Night of Decree is?<br />
# The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.<br />
# Therein come down the angels and the Spirit by Allah's permission, on every errand:<br />
# Peace!... This until the rise of dawn!<br />
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Devout Muslims practice spiritual retreat ([[Iʿtikāf]]) during the last ten days of Ramadan by staying at a mosque throughout the ten days, awaiting the Night of Power, fasting and praying throughout the night, and abstaining from sexual relations.<ref>Habib Rauf (2016), ''Itikaf: An Introduction''. Glasgow Central Mosque.</ref><br />
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To celebrate the Night of Power, Muslim societies lit candles in mosques, offer public charity, and celebrate fast-breaking in communities.<ref>{{cite web | title=Ramadan | url=https://www.brandeis.edu/spiritual-life/resources/guide-to-observances/ramadan.html#:~:text=On%20the%20evening%20of%20the,the%20breaking%20of%20the%20fast }}</ref> A special form of practise is that to pray 100 [[Rak'a|rakats]]. It is further said that whoever practises the Night of Power consciously, will be granted a wish by God.<ref>Aziz, M. A. (2011). Religion and Mysticism in Early Islam: Theology and Sufism in Yemen. Vereinigtes Königreich: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 45</ref><br />
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== Special prayers (Shi'a) ==<br />
Shi'as practice the special prayers (Amaal) of the Night of Qadr every year in mosques, [[tekyeh]]s, shrines of Imams or children of Imams, [[Hussainiya|Husayniyyas]] or their own houses. They stay vigilant the whole night until dawn and worship God. The most important practices of the Night of Qadr include congregational prayers, recitation of the Iftitah Supplication, [[Abu Hamza al-Thumali]] Supplication, and al-Jawshan al-Kabir, and collective supplications while they keep volumes of the Quran on top of their heads. Other rituals of the night include donations of dawn food, payment of their nadhr for the dead, feeding the poor, and emancipation of financial prisoners.<br />
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Since the assassination of Ali occurred in the last ten days of the Ramadan month, Shi'as mourn in these nights.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Majidi Khamenei, "Nights of Glory in Iran"}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Mandaean_cosmology#Calendar|Dehwa d-Šišlam Rabba]], The Night of Power takes place during this festival in [[Mandaeism]]<br />
* [[Ehya night]]<br />
* [[Glossary of Islam]]<br />
* [[Islamic calendar]]<br />
* [[Islamic holidays]]<br />
* [[Predestination in Islam]] (Qadar)<br />
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* [https://lailatulqadar.info Lailatul Qadr: Night of Power] <br />
* [https://www.arabiantongue.com/guide-to-laylatul-qadr/ Laylatul Qadr: The Night of Power in Islam] <br />
* [https://faizeislam.net/quran/surah-al-qadr Surah Qadr] <br />
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