What is Shab-e-Qadr?
Shab-e-Qadr means ‘the night of power’ or ‘the night of respect’; the most blessed of all the nights of the year according to Islam. In the Koran and Hadith it is referred to as Lailatu’l-Qadr. In this night, five verses of Al-Alaq, the first surah (chapter) of the Quran was revealed. About Shab-e-Qadr the Quran says: it is the night in which the Quran was revealed; it is better than a thousand months; during this night the angles including Jibra’il descended with the permission of their Lord.
Laylat al-Qadr is on Friday, 26 August 2011