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Introduction

This is probably a Makkan Surah, although some hold that it was revealed in Madinah. The chronology of this Surah has not much significance. The subject matter is the mystic Night of Power (or Honour), known in Arabic as, 'Lailatul Qadr', in which Revelation comes down to a benighted world - it may be to the wonderful Cosmos of an individual - and transforms the conflict of wrongdoing into Peace and Harmony - through the agency of the angelic host, representing the spiritual powers of the Mercy of Allah.

Commentary

Blessed indeed is the Night of Power!-
When the Mercy of Allah's Revelation breaks through
The darkness of the human soul!
All the Powers, of the world divine,
Speed on their mystic Message of Mercy,
By Allah's command, and bless every nook
And corner of the heart! All jars
Are stilled in the reign supreme of Peace,
Until this mortal night gives place
To the glorious day of an immortal world!
........Abdullah Yusuf Ali [C.277]

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

"We have indeed revealed
This (Message)
In the Night of Power:
And what will explain
To thee what the Night of Power is?
The Night of Power
Is better than a thousand Months.
Therein come down
The angels and the Spirit
By Allah's permission,
On every errand:
Peace!....This
Until the rise of the Morn."
....Qur'an

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