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Al-Qadr (The Power)

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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ﴿٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree?

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَآwamāAnd what
أَدْرَىٰكَadrākacan make you know
مَاwhat
لَيْلَةُlaylatu(the) Night
ٱلْقَدْرِl-qadri(of) Power (is)

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Virtues of the Night of Al-Qadr (the Decree)Allah informs that He sent the Qur'an down during the Night of Al-Qadr, and it is a blessed night about which Allah says,إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَـرَكَةٍ(We sent it down on a blessed night.) (44:3) This is the Night of Al-Qadr and it occurs during the month of Ramadan. This is as Allah says,شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِى أُنزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ(The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur'an.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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