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It is said that it was called al-Qadr because the annual destiny of every person will be determined by God. [9] Some say that if one stays awake at this night praying, reading Quran, or repenting, one will reach a high state. [10] Some have said that it was called al-Qadr because it is a grand and high-value night. [11]
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 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]
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.
Shab-e-Barat (lit. ' Barat Night '), Cheragh-e-Barat, Berat Kandili, or Nisfu Syaaban (Southeastern Asian Muslims) is a Mid-Sha'ban related cultural celebration celebrated in many South Asian, Central Asian, South East Asian and Middle Eastern Muslim countries, on the 15th night (the night on 15th only) of the month of Sha'ban, the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.
Laylat al-Raghaib (Arabic: لَيْلَةُ الرّغائِب, lit. 'Night of Wishes'; Turkish: Regaip Kandili) is a night of prayer in Islamic practice, classed in Turkish tradition as one of the five blessed Kandil nights.