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Surah 97

The Decree

القدر

Al-Qadr

Medinan5 Verses
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Verse 1

بِّسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةِ ٱلْقَدْرِ

Transliteration

Innaa anzalnaahu fee lailatil qadr

Translation

Indeed, ˹it is˺ We ˹Who˺ sent this ˹Quran˺ down on the Night of Glory.

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Verse 2

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ

Transliteration

Wa maa adraaka ma lailatul qadr

Translation

And what will make you realize what the Night of Glory is?

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Verse 3

لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍۢ

Transliteration

Lailatul qadri khairum min alfee shahr

Translation

The Night of Glory is better than a thousand months.

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Verse 4

تَنَزَّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍۢ

Transliteration

Tanaz zalul malaa-ikatu war roohu feeha bi izni-rab bihim min kulli amr

Translation

That night the angels and the ˹holy˺ spirit descend, by the permission of their Lord, for every ˹decreed˺ matter.

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Verse 5

سَلَٰمٌ هِىَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ ٱلْفَجْرِ

Transliteration

Salaamun hiya hattaa mat la'il fajr

Translation

It is all peace until the break of dawn.