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The Significance of the Fast will be realized only at the moment of DeathWhat is al-Sirat al-Mustaqeem?Sharing Iftar with OthersThe early meal of the Month of Ramadhan (Suhoor)Prayer during the Glorious month of RamadhanGhuslThe Night of Destiny (Lailatul-Qadr)Which Night is Lailatul-Qadr?Recommended Deeds for each Night of the Last Ten Nights of the MonthRecommended Deeds for the Twenty-Third Night of the Month of RamadhanInvocation for the Twenty-Third Night (of the Month of Ramadhan)What ought to be repeated every night of the last ten nights of the monthZakatul-Fitr (Fitra)Who receives FitraEid al-Fitr and its PrayersConclusionGlossary
The Night of Destiny (Lailatul-Qadr)
The Messenger of Allah (S) is quoted on page 265, Vol. 3, of al-Amin’s work Muftahul Jannat, saying, “Allah has favored Friday over all other days, the month of Ramadhan over all other months, and the Night of Destiny (Lailatul-Qadr) over all other nights.” And Allah has favored the Holy Qur’an over all other Books which He revealed. Ibrahim, one of the companions of Imam Abu Abdullah al-Sadiq (as), is quoted on p. 25, Vol. 94, of Bihar al-Anwar, saying that he once asked the Imam (as) about how the Holy Qur’an was revealed during Lailatul-Qadr, knowing that it took more than twenty years to reveal.
The Imam (as) answered by saying, “The Holy Qur’an was revealed as a whole during the month of Ramadhan at the Ancient House (the Ka’ba), then from there it was revealed along the span of (more than) twenty years.” Then he cited the Messenger of Allah (S) saying, “The Books of Ibrahim (as) were revealed on the first night of the month of Ramadhan; the Torah was revealed on the sixth of the month of Ramadhan; the Gospel (Injil) was revealed on the thirteenth of the month of Ramadhan; the Psalms (Zabur) were revealed on the eighteenth of the month of Ramadhan, and the Holy Qur’an was revealed on the twenty-fourth of the month of Ramadhan.” This tradition is also recorded on p. 80, Vol. 1, of al-’Ayyashi’s Tafsir.
This name was used for Lailatul-Qadr because Allah Almighty determines in it for everyone all what will happen the entire next year. The “Qadr” in this sense means destiny. According to al-Qummi’s Tafsir, as explained on p. 432 of its second volume, such destiny includes life and death, sustenance, abundance of crops or famine, and everything good or bad. This means that Allah the Glorified and Exalted determines in this night each and every event to occur during the next year to any and all of His creation.
Al-Majlisi quotes his father on p. 12, Vol. 94, of his own Bihar al-Anwarquoting al-Nadar quoting Yahya al-Halabi quoting Ibn Maskan quoting Imam Abu Abdullah al-Sadiq (as) saying, “During Lailatul-Qadr, the angels, the spirit, and the trusted scribes all descend to the lower heavens and write down whatever Allah decrees that year, and if Allah wishes to advance something or postpone it or add thereto, He orders the angel to erase it and replace it with whatever He decrees.” This is also confirmed by al-Qummi in his renown Tafsir, exegesis of the Holy Qur’an.
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