Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said,
Whoever stands (in qiyaam) in Laylatul-Qadr out of faith and expectation (of Allah’s reward), will have all of his previous sins forgiven. (Bukhari)
And so we intensify our ibadah in the last ten nights especially the odd nights, hoping for forgiveness, hoping to increase our record of good deeds.
We make this night so much about ourselves… my dua (دُعَاء ), my dhikr (ذِكْر) , my forgiveness (استغفار), that we lose sight of what really happened on this night.
Lo! We revealed it on the Night of Power. (97:1)
This was the night in which Prophet Mohammad (SAW) started to receive
the Qur’an, a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the Criterion (of right and wrong). (2:185)
a Guidance that ordered Mohammad (SAW) to Arise and warn, Thy Lord magnify (74:2-3) : ordering him to proclaim the greatness of Allah, the real Sovereign of the world,
a Guidance that made plain that the One Whom his people acknowledged to be the Creator of them and all that exists, the One Whom they knew to manage and sustain all life, the One whom they called Allah, is their Lord (رب), and ordered them to discard their chiefs and elite, whom they had wrongfully magnified and elevated to the position of رب
Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, then mounted He the Throne. He covereth the night with the day, which is in haste to follow it, and hath made the sun and the moon and the stars subservient by His command. His verily is all creation and Sovereignty. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of the Worlds! (7:54)
a Guidance that made clear the meaning of life and the purpose of man’s existence; and made distinct the right path from the wrong
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me. (51:56)
Did We not command you to worship Me and tell you that this is the right path? (36:61)
a Guidance that henceforth started a movement that intellectually challenged the false beliefs and decadent lifestyle of Makkan society, seeking to eliminate all human lordship and establish the Lordship of Allah,
It is He Who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the deen of truth, to make it superior over all other deens even though the Mushrikun hate (it). (9:33)
a Guidance that enabled the Prophet (SAW) to establish a state in Madina that governed the affairs of people by the Laws of Allah and was the means of conveying Islam to the world. Its establishment was a culmination of what had been gifted to him (SAW) on the Night of Power; what Sayyid Qutb in his tafsir of this Surah eloquently describes as
‘ real happiness and peace… namely, the peace of conscience, family and society.’
SubhanAllah, on these last ten blessed nights we have to remind ourselves of the tremendous event that took place on the night of Laylatul-Qadr and how it transformed a group of people into a nation that sought to establish Allah’s authority and justice over the entire earth. We need to reconnect with how the Prophet (SAW) and the Sahabah approached the Quran so that we too,إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ, can reach our full potential.
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