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Surah Al-Qadr, Verse 3

سورة القدر، الآية ٣

97:3 Juz 30 Hizb 60 Page 598 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 97:3

لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ ۝٣

Transliteration

laylatu l-qadri khayrun min alfi shahrin

Translation

The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.

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Verse 3 of Surah Al-Qadr (97:3), 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.

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Tafsir of verse 3

Al-Mukhtasar

This night is a night of great goodness; it is better than a thousand months for the one who stands in prayer during it, whilst having faith and hoping for reward.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Al-Qadr

Other translations of verse 3

The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.

The night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is better than a thousand months (i.e. worshipping Allâh in that night is better than worshipping Him a thousand months, i.e. 83 years and 4 months).

The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.

The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.

The grand night is better than a thousand months.

The Night of Determination is more charitable (i.e., better) than a thousand months.

Verse 3 word by word

  1. لَيْلَةُ laylatu (The) Night ل ي ل
  2. ٱلْقَدْرِ l-qadri (of) Power ق د ر
  3. خَيْرٌ khayrun (is) better خ ي ر
  4. مِّنْ min than
  5. أَلْفِ alfi a thousand أ ل ف
  6. شَهْرٍ shahrin month(s) ش ه ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

Differing grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3350

“A man stood up in front of Al-Hasan bin Ali, after he pledged to Mu’awiyah, so he said: ‘You have made fools of the believers.’ – or: ‘O you who has made fools of the believers’ – So he said: ‘Do not scold me so, may Allah have mercy upon you, for indeed the Prophet had a dream in which he saw…

‏ ‏‏(‏ إنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ ‏)‏ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَعْنِي نَهْرًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَنَزَلَتْ ‏:‏ ‏‏(‏ إنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ * وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ * لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ…

Narrated by Al-Hasan ibn Alī

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