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{{Short description|Night in the Islamic calendar}}
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{{Infobox holiday
| holiday_name  = Night of Power <br />{{small|(Laylat al-Qadr in {{langx|ar|ليلة القدر}}}})
| type          = [[Islamic]]
| image         = Qadr night in Jamkaran 2.jpg
| alt           = Qadr night in Jamkara
| imagesize     = 
| caption       = [[Quran reading|Reading the Quran]] is a key observance of ''Laylat al-Qadr''
| official_name = {{langx|ar|ليلة القدر}}
| 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>
| observedby    = [[Muslim|Muslims]]
| 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
| date          = Last 10 days of [[Ramadan]], especially the odd nights (some add the [[19 Ramadan|19th]])
| observances   = [[Tahajjud]] night prayers, reading the [[Quran]], making [[dua]], doing [[dhikr]], observing [[iʿtikāf]], giving [[sadaqah]], [[Istighfar|seeking forgiveness]]
| relatedto     = 
| frequency     = Annual
}}
{{Islamic Culture}}

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>https://www.britannica.com/topic/Laylat-al-Qadr</ref> in memory of the night when 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>
{{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]].

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]], its exact date was uncertain, but was one of the odd-numbered nights of 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/ |url-status=live |website=Islampidia}}</ref>