سورة القدر، الآية ٢
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ ٢
wamā adrāka mā laylatu l-qadri
And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree?
Verse 2 of Surah Al-Qadr (97:2), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 598 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.
78 recitations by 72 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
O Prophet! Do you know what goodness and blessings lie in this night?
How do you know what the Night of Decree is?
And what will make you know what the night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Night of Power is!
And what will explain to thee what the night of power is?
And what will make you comprehend what the grand night
And what makes you realize what the Night of Determination is?
( إنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ ) يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَعْنِي نَهْرًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَنَزَلَتْ : ( إنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ * وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ * لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ…
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
And what can make you know what is the knocker?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
