Surah Al-Qadr (The Night of Power)

Topics in Surah Al-Qadr

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• Blessing (Barakah) (5 verses)
• Supplication (Dua) (5 verses)
• Foreign Relations (Alaqat Dawliyyah) (5 verses)
• Angels (Mala'ikah) (3 verses)
• Time (Waqt) (3 verses)
• Seeking Forgiveness (Istighfar) (2 verses)
• The Night (Layl) (2 verses)
• The Soul (Ruh) (1 verses)
• Gradualism (Tadarruj) (1 verses)
• The Truth (Haqq) (1 verses)
• Divine Decree (Qadar) (1 verses)

Read Surah Al-Qadr with English translation

1. 97:1

   بِّسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةِ ٱلْقَدْرِ

   We sent it down on the Night of Glory.

2. 97:2

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ

   What will explain to you what that Night of Glory is?

3. 97:3

   لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍۢ

   The Night of Glory is better than a thousand months;

4. 97:4

   تَنَزَّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍۢ

   on that night the angels and the Spirit descend again and again with their Lord’s permission on every task;

5. 97:5

   سَلَٰمٌ هِىَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ ٱلْفَجْرِ

   [there is] peace that night until the break of dawn.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.