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Verse 1
بِّسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةِ ٱلْقَدْرِ
Transliteration
Innaa anzalnaahu fee lailatil qadr
Translation
Indeed, We sent this [Qur’an] down on the Night of Decree.
Surah 97
The Decree
القدر
Al-Qadr
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Verse 2
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ
Transliteration
Wa maa adraaka ma lailatul qadr
Translation
How do you know what the Night of Decree is?
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Verse 3
لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍۢ
Transliteration
Lailatul qadri khairum min alfee shahr
Translation
The Night of Decree 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
On that night the angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] descend by their Lord’s permission with all decrees.
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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.