When is the night of determination in Islam and what is the meaning behind it?
Laylatul QADR: In the « Night of Determination » or « Night of All Power » Muslims Muslims worldwide the night when the Prophet Mohammed revealed the first verses of the Koran. It is therefore within the framework of the Holidays in Islam An important date. Here you will find the information about appointment and meaning.
Date: When is Laylatul QADR 2026?
It is not easy to determine the date of this holiday in advance. It is always on an odd date within the last 10 days of the Ramadan. Future data for Muslim holidays are generally temporarily, since the actual date is based on the viewing of the Moon and therefore can therefore be moved by one day at short notice.
In 2026 the beginning of the holiday is expected to fall on March 16. Muslim holidays always begin on the evening of the previous day, since the Islamic day begins in accordance with the biblical history of creation at sunset.
Laylatul QADR also means « Night of Allgower »: What is the meaning?
For Muslims all over the world, the Ramadan is the most sacred month – and Laylatul Qadr, in turn, is the holiest night in Ramadan, which underlines the extraordinary meaning of this festival for the believers. According to Muslim idea, this night is better than a thousand months, and praying that night better than praying in 83 years. Islamic media call for spending the night in prayer to beg for forgiveness and God to ask all the blessings for earthly as well as the now side.
The Koran dedicates its own sura to this special night: Surat al-Qadr (« the determination »). After a translation at Corpuscoranicum.de it is said:
« In the name of God, the merciful mercy! We sent it down in the night of predominance. What makes you know what the night of predominance is? The night of the predestination is better than a thousand months. In her, the angels and the spirit rise with the permission of her Lord in any matter. (Sura 97, verses 1-5)))
It is unclear whether the term « spirit » refers to the Archangel Gabriel – although the term (and also « Holy Spirit ») in the Koran falls very often in connection with Gabriel. According to Islamic faith, the Archangel dictated the following words at night Laylatul Qadr, in the translation of the German Islamic scholar Rudi Paret (1901-1983):
« In the name of the merciful and gracious God. In the name of your Lord, who created, created people from an embryo. Prefer! Your highly noble gentleman (or: Your Lord, noble as no one in the world) is the one who has taught the use of the writing tube (or: who has taught people (before) knew. » (Sura 96, verses 1-5)
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