3لَيلَةُ القَدرِ خَيرٌ مِن أَلفِ شَهرٍMir Ahmed AliThe1 Night of ‘Qadr’ is better than a thousand month!The announcement here in this verse about the night, refers to the greatness of the Night. The Second Holy Imam Hasan ibne-Ali says that he heard from his grandfather, the Holy Prophet, that once he dreamt of monkeys getting upon his pulpit, and the Messenger Angel Gabriel informed him of the significance of the dream saying that “Those whom thou dost see get upon thy pulpit are the Bani-Umayyah who would rule the Muslim Empire after thee for a thousand months.” And revealed this verse. Quoting 32:4-5 and 70:4 a commentator says that the term “A Thousand, must he taken in an indefinite sense, i.e., a timeless time—and interprets it to mean that one moment of enlightenment under God’s light is better than thousands of months or the years of animal life and such a moment converts the night of darkness into a period of spiritual glory.”The renowned Sunni Scholar in his well-known commentary ‘Durre-Manthur’ says that “the term ‘Lailatul-Qadr’ stands for the Holy Prophet and his Ahlul-Bait.” (D.M.)Regarding the boon of forgiveness of sins and the grant of grace and mercy endowed in the Shabe-Qadr which is said to he in the concluding days of the fasting month of Ramadhan, there is a justification attached to this special grant of grace by the Lord. After fasting for forty days by Moses, the Lord granted him the Law. (Exodus 24:18) and after a similar fasting for an equal period, Jesus was commissioned with his office Math. 4:2. There is a justification in the special grant of the grace in forgiving the sins and bestowing His special favours on the Muslims who fast in obedience to His command for thirty days continuously.