Night of Power

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The Night of Power is the holiest night in Islam, believed to be when the Quran was first revealed to Prophet Muhammad and when worship and prayers are considered especially powerful and meritorious.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Night of Power canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic holy night ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ
associatedAngel Angel Jibril ⓘ
linked to: Jibril
associatedWith acceptance of supplications ⓘ
divine decree for the coming year ⓘ
forgiveness of sins ⓘ
increased mercy ⓘ
commemorates first revelation of the Quran ⓘ
revelation to Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
describedInSurah Surah ad-Dukhan ⓘ
linked to: Surah Ad-Dukhan

Surah al-Qadr ⓘ
linked to: Surah Al-Qadr
encourages night prayer ⓘ
recitation of the Quran ⓘ
remembrance of Allah ⓘ
seeking forgiveness ⓘ
supplication ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Night of Decree ⓘ
Night of Destiny ⓘ
Night of Measure ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Lailat al-Qadr ⓘ
linked to: Laylat al-Qadr
hasArabicName Laylat al-Qadr ⓘ
hasQuranicDescription better than a thousand months ⓘ
hasQuranicTheme descent of angels ⓘ
descent of the Spirit ⓘ
hasQuranicVerse Quran 97:3 ⓘ
hasSpecialMerit sins may be forgiven for one who stands in prayer with faith and hope ⓘ
worship is multiplied in reward ⓘ
hasUncertainExactDate true ⓘ
isInReligion Islam ⓘ
likelyOccursOn odd nights of the last ten nights of Ramadan ⓘ
linguisticMeaning Night of Decree ⓘ
Night of Power ⓘ
Night of Value ⓘ
mentionedIn Hadith collections ⓘ
occursDuring month of Ramadan ⓘ
occursIn last ten nights of Ramadan ⓘ
possibleDate 21st night of Ramadan ⓘ
23rd night of Ramadan ⓘ
25th night of Ramadan ⓘ
27th night of Ramadan ⓘ
29th night of Ramadan ⓘ
practicedBy Muslims worldwide ⓘ
recommendedBy Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad
recommendedDua Allahumma innaka ‘afuwwun tuhibbul ‘afwa fa‘fu ‘anni ⓘ
relatedPractice i‘tikaf in the last ten nights of Ramadan ⓘ
revealedBy Allah ⓘ
revealedTo Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad
timeSpan from sunset to dawn ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ramadan → associatedNightMeaning → Night of Power ⓘ
Laylat al-Qadr → alsoKnownAs → Night of Power ⓘ
Night of Decree → alsoKnownAs → Night of Power ⓘ
Night of Power → linguisticMeaning → Night of Power ⓘ
Night of Destiny → alsoKnownAs → Night of Power ⓘ
Night of Measure → alsoKnownAs → Night of Power ⓘ