Review of Religions: In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Surely, We sent it down during the Night of Decree.
And what shall make thee know what the Night of Decree is?
The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.
Therein descend angels and the Spirit by the command of their Lord with Divine decree concerning every matter.
It is all peace till the rising of the dawn.
(Ch.97:Vs.1-6)

The Muslims believe Layla-tul-Qadr to be a night of great blessing when Almighty God showers His Mercy upon those of His believers who sincerely and faithfully love and obey His Will. It is a night which is commonly associated with the revelation of the Holy Qur’an but also has other meanings which are all deeply rooted in Almighty God’s attribute of Rahmaniyyat (Grace).

The above verses of the Holy Qur’an (Ch.97:Vs.1-6) indicate that Layla-tul-Qadr literally means the ‘Night of Decree/Power’ and that it is a night of greater value than a thousand months (1000 being a metaphor for the highest numerical figure in Arabic). During this blessed night the angels are said to descend upon earth and help to breathe a new life into mankind. We also know from another place in the Holy Qur’an (Ch.44:V.4) that it is a ‘Blessed Night’ (Laylatin Mubarakatin).

Hadhrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad^(ra), the second Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, writes in his book of Qur’anic commentary (Al-Tafsir al-Kabir) that the words ‘Therein descend angels and the Spirit’ (tanazzal al-mala’ikah wa al-ruhu feeha) mean:
‘…the Angels of God descend to meet and satisfy every religious need and to remove all obstacles and impediments from the way of the expansion and spread of the new Message.’ (Al-Tafsir al-Kabir, p.2859)

Another traditional view of the chapter of al-Qadr is that it refers to the night in which the Holy Qur’an was revealed to the Holy Prophet^(saw), when he recited the blessed verses which will forever live in the hearts of all Muslims:

Convey thou in the name of thy Lord Who created,
Created man from a clot of blood.
Convey! And thy Lord is Most Generous,
Who taught man by the pen,
Taught man what he knew not.
(Ch.96:Vs.2-6)

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