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97. Al-Qadr · The Power, Fate

The revelation associated with the Night of Power is described through its extraordinary worth and the descent of angels and the Spirit. Peace until dawn gives this brief surah its distinctive atmosphere of divine generosity and sacred attention.

Updated 20 October 2026Editorial review edition

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Meccan (traditional classification) · 5 verses

Editorial themes: Revelation · Night of Power · Angels · Peace

English: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930), public-domain translation. Arabic: Tanzil Project, Uthmani 1.1, used verbatim under its text licence. Text provenance & limitations →

A note on Arabic, English and verse numbering

Tanzil’s Arabic source includes the opening basmala with the first verse of surahs other than 9. Pickthall’s numbered translation includes it at 1:1; at other surah openings it is not repeated within the numbered English verse. This display preserves both source conventions. The Arabic is not a collection of all variant readings.

97:1 Compare translations ↗

بِّسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةِ ٱلْقَدْرِ

Lo! We revealed it on the Night of Predestination.

97:2 Compare translations ↗

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ

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

97:3 Compare translations ↗

لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ

The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.

97:4 Compare translations ↗

تَنَزَّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍ

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

97:5 Compare translations ↗

سَلَٰمٌ هِىَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ ٱلْفَجْرِ

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

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