The 5 verses of Al-Qadr
- Surah
- 97
- Verses
- 5
- Revealed in
- Makkah
- Meaning
- The Night of Decree
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1
إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةِ ٱلْقَدْرِ
innā anzalnāhu fī laylati l-qadri
Indeed, We sent it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down during the Night of Decree.
Word by word
- إِنَّآinnāIndeed, We
- أَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhurevealed it
- فِىfīin
- لَيْلَةِlaylati(the) Night
- ٱلْقَدْرِl-qadri(of) Power
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2
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ
wamā adrāka mā laylatu l-qadri
And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree?
Word by word
- وَمَآwamāAnd what
- أَدْرَىٰكَadrākacan make you know
- مَاmāwhat
- لَيْلَةُlaylatu(the) Night
- ٱلْقَدْرِl-qadri(of) Power (is)
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3
لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ
laylatu l-qadri khayrun min alfi shahrin
The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.
Word by word
- لَيْلَةُlaylatu(The) Night
- ٱلْقَدْرِl-qadri(of) Power
- خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
- مِّنْminthan
- أَلْفِalfia thousand
- شَهْرٍۢshahrinmonth(s)
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4
تَنَزَّلُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍ
tanazzalu l-malāikatu wal-rūḥu fīhā bi-idh'ni rabbihim min kulli amrin
The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter.
Word by word
- تَنَزَّلُtanazzaluDescend
- ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
- وَٱلرُّوحُwal-rūḥuand the Spirit
- فِيهَاfīhātherein
- بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permission
- رَبِّهِمrabbihim(of) their Lord
- مِّنminfor
- كُلِّkullievery
- أَمْرٍۢamrinaffair
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5
سَلَـٰمٌ هِىَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ ٱلْفَجْرِ
salāmun hiya ḥattā maṭlaʿi l-fajri
Peace it is until the emergence of dawn.
Word by word
- سَلَـٰمٌsalāmunPeace
- هِىَhiyait (is)
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- مَطْلَعِmaṭlaʿi(the) emergence
- ٱلْفَجْرِl-fajri(of) the dawn
Arabic text, transliteration and translation as they appear in the Quran for Kids app. English translation: Saheeh International.
What Al-Qadr teaches
The night the Quran came
Allah sent the Quran down on the Night of Decree (verse 1).
Better than a thousand months
The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months (verse 3).
Angels and peace
The angels and the Spirit come down, and there is peace until dawn (verses 4 and 5).
Learning Al-Qadr with your child
Count to a thousand months
Work out together how many years a thousand months is: more than eighty!
Learn it in a day
Five short verses: listen in the morning, recite in the evening.
Save it for Ramadan
Learn it before Ramadan and read it together in the last ten nights.
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