Surah 97. Al-Qadr — The Night of Power
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The English text of surah 97 (Al-Qadr, “The Night of Power”), 5 verses, from the public-domain translation The Holy Qur'an by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1934), shown next to the Arabic original. Read this surah interactively.
We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of Power:
بِّسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةِ ٱلْقَدْرِ
And what will explain to thee what the night of power is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.
لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ
Therein come down the angels and the Spirit by Allah's permission, on every errand:
تَنَزَّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍ
Peace!... This until the rise of morn!
سَلَٰمٌ هِىَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ ٱلْفَجْرِ