Al-Qadr
القدر"The Night of Decree"
- Number
- 97 of 114
- Verses
- 5
- Revealed
- Makkah
One night better than a thousand months.
24 passages reference this surah
From 11 books in our audiobook library. Each passage is also spoken aloud in the app.
Volume Three
Ibn al-Qayyim · Madārij al-Sālikīn
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"or instincts with any effective influence, that there is no heat or burning in fire, no healing power in medicine, no satiating power in bread, no quenching power in water, no seeing power in the eye, no smelling power in the nose, no killing power in poison,"
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"There are known entities: the body, its sustaining spirit, the heart within it, and the innate faculty, which is the rational power located in the heart. This power's relation to the heart is like the seeing power's relation to the eye and the"
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"nor did He place in causes any inherent powers or natures that affect outcomes. Thus, fire does not have the power to burn, poison does not have the power to kill, water and bread do not have the power to nourish and sustain,"
al-Fawāʾid — Points of Benefit, Volume One
Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics
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"Whoever has been created with a power and a readiness for something finds his pleasure in employing that power in it. So the pleasure of one created with a power and readiness for intimacy is in employing his power in that; and the pleasure"
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"of one in whom the power of anger and requital has been created lies in employing his irascible power upon its object; and one in whom the power of eating and drinking has been created finds his pleasure in employing his power in those two;"
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"and it would possess no strength of its own by which to act — since there is no might and no power except with God. He it is in whose hand lies all might and all power. Thus the very might and power for whose sake a creature is hoped in and feared belong in reality to God and rest in His hand."
al-Akhlāq wa'l-Siyar — Character and Conduct
Ibn Ḥazm of Cordoba · Timeless Classics
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"Patience with harshness is divided into three categories: Patience with one who has power over you while you have no power over them, Patience with one over whom you have power while they have no power over you,"
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"And patience with one over whom you have no power and they have no power over you. The first is humiliation and disgrace and is not among the virtues. For one who fears something worse than what they endure, the best course is to avoid and distance oneself. The second is a virtue and kindness, true forbearance, and is attributed to the virtuous. The third is divided into two parts:"
Futūḥ al-Ghayb — Revelations of the Unseen
Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Timeless Classics
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"According to their doctrine, man has no power, and actions are only issued by God's power. They are a group who believed that the servant is the creator and originator of his voluntary actions, and that God, the Exalted, has delegated the matter to him, so he does as he wills, and actions are issued by the servant's power alone."
Book 36: The Book of Love, Longing, Intimacy, and Contentment
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
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"If He were to create their likes a thousand times over, it would not exhaust Him. Thus, all power is an effect of His power. To Him belong beauty, splendor, grandeur, and majesty. If one can love a powerful being for the perfection of his power, then truly none deserves love for such perfection except Him alone."
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"Even so, that dust is from God's bounty and enabling. Therefore, it is impossible to love a servant of God for his power and not love God more for His supreme power. There is no power or might except with Allah, the Most High, the Supreme."
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"and their ability to overcome challenges, it stirs a sense of excitement, joy, and comfort. This natural admiration for power is a kind of perfection. Now, consider the power of all creation compared to the power of God, the Almighty."
Volume One
Ibn al-Qayyim · Madārij al-Sālikīn
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"In صَحِيح البُخَارِيّ, عَائِشَة, may اللّٰه be pleased with her, said: "Praise be to اللّٰه, whose hearing encompasses all voices." In the authentic حَدِيث of Istikhara, it is said: "O اللّٰه, I seek Your choice by Your knowledge, and I seek Your power by Your power." He is capable through power."
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"His power is perfection, His forgiveness is perfection, and the combination of power with forgiveness is perfection. Similarly, forgiveness after power is mentioned in "Indeed, اللّٰه is Ever Pardoning and Forgiving," from سُورَة النِّسَاء."
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"What He wills happens, and what He does not will does not happen. If He wills, He can remove the power of an acting body or place in the affected body a power that repels it, demonstrating His perfect power and will."
Book 2: The Book of Belief
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
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"How could He not be willing when every action that emanates from Him could have been the opposite, and what has no opposite could have emanated before or after? Since power equally applies to opposites and times, a will must direct power to one of the possible objects of power."
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"The metaphor of fingers conveys power as it deeply impresses upon our understanding of perfect power. An example of metaphorical reference to divine power is Allah's saying: "Our word to anything when We intend it is to say: Be, and it is."
Book 6: The Book of Fasting
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
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"This makes night prayers and devotions easier, allowing one to gaze upon the dominion of the heavens. Laylat al-Qadr, the Night of Decree, is when something of the dominion is unveiled, as Allah says, "Indeed, We revealed it in the Night of Decree."
al-Fawāʾid — Points of Benefit, Volume Two
Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics
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"And it is known that man has not been given the power to put to death of passing thoughts, nor the power to sever them, for they rush upon him as the very breath of the soul rushes in; yet the strength of faith and reason aids him to accept the best of them, to be pleased with such a thought and to dwell with it, and to repel the ugliest of them, to loathe it and recoil from it — as the Companions said:"
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"A man asked al-Shafi'i, saying: "O Abu Abd Allah, which is better for a man — that he be given power, or that he be tried?" He said: al-Shafi'i: a man is not given power until he is tried; for God tried Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, God's blessings and peace be upon them all, and when they bore it patiently He established them."
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"And the soul of the liar turns away from the reality that exists, inclining toward nothingness, preferring falsehood. Once the power of his perception and knowledge is corrupted — and that power is the origin of every voluntary act — those acts of his are corrupted as well, and the character of lying seeps into them,"
Book 35: The Book of Divine Unity and Trust in God
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
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"The response was, "My answer is like what you heard from the right hand you saw in the realm of testimony; it is a referral to capacity since the hand has no authority in itself." Its driving force is power beyond doubt, so the seeker traveled to the world of power and witnessed wonders there, making all previous experiences seem insignificant."
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"they might reach the second and third levels in their presence, becoming like a silent observer, not relying on their own strength, as they have no power or force left. Their initial reliance on strength and power was for being present and bringing the document as indicated by the agent and practice."
Book 25: Condemnation of Rancor and Envy
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
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"He released the man. Similarly, Umar ibn Abdul Aziz ordered the punishment of a man then recited the verse {and those who restrain anger}, commanding his servant to release him. Second, one should instill fear of Allah's punishment, considering that Allah's power over him is greater than his power over this person."
Books referenced
Volume Three
Ibn al-Qayyim · 19h 25m
al-Fawāʾid
Ibn al-Qayyim · 6h 03m
Character and Conduct
Ibn Ḥazm of Cordoba · 3h 6m
Futūḥ al-Ghayb
Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · 6h 47m
The Book of Love, Longing, Intimacy, and Contentment
Imam al-Ghazali · 4h 57m
Volume One
Ibn al-Qayyim · 18h 43m
The Book of Belief
Imam al-Ghazali · 2h 47m
The Book of Fasting
Imam al-Ghazali · 38m