Surat Al-Qadr 97, Night of Celestial Power

This spectacular sura appears to be simple and easy to understand, but examined in greater depth, unleashes its power, as shown in the analysis below.

Special Prayer for Ramadan & Laylat-ul-Qadr

Although Ramadan is almost finished, there is still the possibility of Laylat-ul-Qadr on the eve of the 27th of Ramadan, for which is a little-known but powerful voluntary (not required) salat called Salat Tasbeeh, also less-commonly known as Salat Sobhanallah. A description of how to perform the “full version” plus references from the Sunnah is here (yes, this prayer has its own Wikipedia page! with a few spelling discrepancies), but a shorter version is below, one my family has done during Ramadan for years, especially during the final last days.

Time Meets Timelessness: How the Quran Was Sent Down

(Page from the Blue Quran)

One could say the Quran is a book from the timeless perspective sent down in time. Indeed, it was sent down on a specific night, Laylat Al-Qadr, the “Night of Decree/ Meting Out,” a single night in Ramadan described as being “better than a thousand months” (Surat Al-Qadr 97:3) in which “descended the angels and the Spirit …with the permission of their Lord to carry out every matter.” (Surat Al-Qadr 97:4) The sheer power of that night indicates the weight and importance, from the Divine perspective, of the event of a timeless message being “sent down” (one envisions here a physical event, not merely “inspiration”) in time.