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Surah Al-Qadr (The Power)

Meccan · 5 ayahs · Arabic with the Pickthall English translation.

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Verses

  1. إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ فِي لَيۡلَةِ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ

    Lo! We revealed it on the Night of Predestination

    97:1
  2. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا لَيۡلَةُ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ

    Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Night of Power is

    97:2
  3. لَيۡلَةُ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡ أَلۡفِ شَهۡرٖ

    The Night of Power is better than a thousand months

    97:3
  4. تَنَزَّلُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذۡنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمۡرٖ

    The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord, with all decrees

    97:4
  5. سَلَٰمٌ هِيَ حَتَّىٰ مَطۡلَعِ ٱلۡفَجۡرِ

    (The night is) Peace until the rising of the dawn

    97:5

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani (public domain). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, “The Meaning of the Glorious Koran” (1930) — public domain.

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