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Iranians observing Qadr Night in Imam Reza shrine Iranians observing Qadr Night in Jamkaran Mosque. Shia Muslims similarly believe that Laylat al-Qadr is to be found in the last ten odd-numbered nights of Ramadan but mostly on the 19th, 21st or 23rd of Ramadan with 23rd being the most important night. [25]
The last 10 nights of Ramadan, including the night of Laylat al-Qadr, are important for Muslims, including a special night of worship.
Al-Qadr [1] (Arabic: القدر, "Power, Fate") is the 97th chapter of the Qur'an, with 5 āyāt or verses. It is a Meccan surah [2] which celebrates the night when the first revelation of what would become the Qur'an was sent down. The chapter has been so designated after the word al-qadr in the first verse. It is mainly about power.
The Laylat al-Qadr (Arabic: لیلة القدر) or "Night of Power" is the night that Muslims believe the Quran was first sent down to the world, and Muhammad received his first quranic revelation from it. The night is considered to be the holiest night of the year.
(The name of the 97th surah of the Qur'an is known as Surat al-Qadr). Taqdeer Arabic: تقدیر also refers to predestination in Islam, the "absolute decree of the Divine", and comes from the same Q-D-R three consonant root, but is of a different "grammatical orders and thus not considered interchangeable" with Qadr. [16]
Being Muslim in America means… “Finding the appropriate balance between committing to your faith and trying to make sense of the negative rhetoric and stereotypes from segments of our own American society. There’s good and there’s bad. America has always been a welcome and tolerant country for immigrants.
The Night of Power (Arabic: لیلة القدر, romanized: Laylat al-Qadr), one of the last 10 nights of Ramadan, is the holiest night of the year. [citation needed] Conversely, the Day of Arafah, the day before Eid al-Adha, is the holiest day of the Islamic year. [citation needed]
The Islamic calendar is a lunar one, where each month begins when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. The Islamic year consists of 12 lunar cycles, and consequently it is 10 to 11 days shorter than the solar year, and as it contains no intercalation, [a] Ramadan migrates throughout the seasons.