Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Qadr, Ayah 2

Al-Qadr · Ayah 2 · View Ayah
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ
And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree?

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

And what will show you what will make known to you O Muhammad (s) what the Night of Ordainment is? — intended to emphasise its great status and to provoke marvel at it.

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(Ah, what will convey unto thee) O Muhammad-this is said out of glorification of this night-(what the Night of Power is) what the merit of the Night of Power is!

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Sahih Muslim#2397Sahih

This night is the midnight (of the month). Upon this he said to him: How do you know that it is the midnight (of the month), for I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: The month is thus and thu...

Narrated by Sa'd b. 'Ubaida reported that Ibn'Umar (Allah be pleased with both of them) heard a person saying:
Sahih Muslim#1677Sahih

I heard from Ubayy b. Ka'b a statement made by 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud in which he said: He who gets up for prayer (every night) during the year will hit upon Lailat-ul-Qadr. Ubayy said: By Allah I there ...

Narrated by Zirr (b. Hubaish) reported:
Sahih Muslim#1678Sahih

By Allah, I know about Lailat-ul Qadr and I know it fully well that it is the twenty-seventh night (during Ramadan) on which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to observe prayer. (Shu'ba was in d...

Narrated by Ubayy b Ka'b reported:
Sunan Abu Dawud#1384Da'if

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Seek it (laylat al-Qadr) in the last ten days of Ramadan. Seek it on the ninth, seventh and fifth night. I (AbuNadrah) said: You know counting better than us, AbuSa'id. He said: ...

Narrated by Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:
Sahih Muslim#2661Sahih

I thu asked Ubayy b. Ka'b (Allah be pleased with him): Your brother (in faith) Ibn Mas'ud says: He who stands (for the night prayer) throughout the year would find Lailat-ul-Qadr, whereupon he said: M...

Narrated by Zirr b. Habaish reported:
Sunan Abu Dawud#1379Sahih

I said to Ubayy b. Ka'b: Tell me about lailat al-qadr, O Abu al-Mundhir, for our companion (Ibn Mas'ud) was questioned about it, and he said: Anyone who gets up for prayer every night all the year rou...

Narrated by Zirr (b. Hubaish) said:
Sahih al-Bukhari#1946Sahih

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Look for (the Night of Qadr).

Narrated by Narrated `Aisha:
Sahih Muslim#2660Sahih

Look for (and in the words of Waki, seek) Lailat-ul-Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadan.

Narrated by 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) and Ibn Numair reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Sahih al-Bukhari#49Sahih

"Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went out to inform the people about the (date of the) night of decree (Al-Qadr) but there happened a quarrel between two Muslim men. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I came out...

Narrated by Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samit:
Sahih Muslim#2662Sahih

By Allah, I know well about it. Shu'ba said: To the best of my knowledge it was the twenty-seventh night for which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to stand for prayer. Shu'ba doubted these wor...

Narrated by Zirr b. Hubaish reported that Ubayy b. Ka'b (Allah be pleased with him) said about Lailat-ul-Qadr:

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