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Sura 97
Aya 1

Chapter 97

The Ordainment
al-Qadr ( القدر )

5 verses • revealed at Meccan

»The surah that mentions the moment in which God first revealed the Quran, calling it The Ordainment. It is named after the phrase “the night of ordainment” (laylay al-qadr), mentioned in verse 1. The surah celebrates the night when the first revelation of the Quran was sent down.«

The surah is also known as: Determination, Honour, Power, The Glory, The Night of Empowering Decree, The Night of Glory, The Night of Power.

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ

M. M. Ghali: In The Name of Allah, The All-Merciful, The Ever-Merciful.

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إِنّا أَنزَلناهُ في لَيلَةِ القَدرِ

M. M. Ghali

Surely We sent it down on the Night of Determination;