إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ
BEHOLD, from on high have We bestowed this [divine writ] on the Night of Destiny. (1)
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ
And what could make thee conceive what it is, that Night of Destiny? (2)
لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ
The Night of Destiny is better than a thousand months: (3)
تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ أَمْرٍ
in hosts descend in it the angels, bearing divine inspiration by their Sustainer's leave; from all [evil] that may happen (4)
سَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ
does it make secure, until the rise of dawn. (5)
- does it make secure,5 until the rise of dawn.
- 5 Lit., "it is salvation (salam, see surah 5, note 29) - i.e., it makes the believer secure from all spiritual evil: thus Mujahid (as quoted by Ibn Kathir), evidently implying that a conscious realization of the sanctity of this night acts as a shield against unworthy thoughts and inclinations.
- Peace!...This until the rise of Morn!6220
- 6220 When the Night of spiritual darkness is dissipated by the glory of Allah, a wonderful Peace and a sense of Security arise in the soul. And this lasts on until this life closes, and the glorious Day of the new spiritual world dawns, when everything will be on a different plane, and the chequered nights and days of this world will be even less than a dream.
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Peace!...This until the rise of morn!
— Abdullah Yusuf Ali -
(The night is) Peace until the rising of the dawn.
— Marmaduke Pickthall -
Peace! it is till the break of the morning.
— M. Habib Shakir -
Peace! (All that night, there is Peace and Goodness from Allah to His believing slaves) until the appearance of dawn.
— Taqiuddin Hilali and M. Mohsin Khan -
It is all peace, until the rising of the dawn.
— Abdul-Majid Daryabadi -
Peace it is, till the break of dawn.
— Hasan Qaribullah and Ahmed Darwish -
it is till the rising of dawn.
— Ayub Khan -
It is all peace till the rising of the dawn.
— Sher Ali -
does it make secure, until the rise of dawn.
— Muhammad Asad -
Peace it is, till the rising of dawn.
— Arthur Arberry -
All peace is that night until the rise of dawn.{{5}}
— Abu'l Ala Maududi