One of the odd nights during the last ten days of Ramadan is known as Lailat-ul-Qadr, the Night of Power. It is mostly believed to be the twenty-seventh night, when Allah sent down His comprehensive message in nascent form, from His Preserved Tablet, the Lauh-e-Mahfooz, to the worldly sky. ‘Therein is decreed every matter of ordainment’. Later, God’s revelatie woo the world through Prophet Mohammad brought to him by Archangel Gabriel also happened during one such night. The message was meant to transform conflict situations to ones of peace and harmony.
Divine announcement says that this night is better than one thousand months, a normal human life span. The prayers made during this night have greater value than an entire life of supplication. On this night angels descend to earth carrying God’s bounties and instructions. Talking about the glory of this night, the Holy Message in the Qur’an clarifies that it is He who revealed the message through Mohammad and other prophets.
Some commentators are of the opinion that the process of sending down the scriptural amalgam from the Preserved Tablet to the worldly sky began during mid Sha’baan, the month preceding Ramadan and the process concluded during the Night of Power. Well-researched scholarly opinion simultaneously converges around the belief that the revelation of predecessor scriptures by God to the earlier alshets also occurred during Ramadan nights. And, there is consensus that all these were different editions of the same message.
