The 21st of Ramadan

The 21st of Ramadan is two occasions, one is the night of Lailatul-Qadr and the other is the night of the martyrdom of Maulana Mu'taqian Ali Ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him).

The first occasion of Laylatul Qadr:

The Night of Power is the great night in which Allah Almighty revealed the great book, the Quran. The Quran about which Allah Almighty says in Surah Al-Hashr:

لَوۡ اَنۡزَلۡنَا ہٰذَا الۡقُرۡاٰنَ عَلٰی جَبَلٍ لَّرَاَیۡتَہٗ خَاشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا مِّنۡ خَشۡیَۃِ اللّٰہِ ؕ وَ تِلۡکَ الۡاَمۡثَالُ نَضۡرِبُہَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّہُمۡ یَتَفَکَّرُوۡنَ      

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If We had sent down this Quran on a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and falling apart for fear of Allah. And We set forth such parables for the people that they may reflect.

Allah Almighty revealed this great book on this night.And Allah says in Surah Al-Qadr:

بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

اِنَّاۤ اَنۡزَلۡنٰہُ فِیۡ لَیۡلَۃِ الۡقَدۡرِ

This is the night in which the Quran was revealed to the heart of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) once.

Why is this night called Shab al-Qadr?

This night is called Qadr because it is the night in which the making of destiny and the distribution of the divine command takes place. It is narrated in Imami and non-Imamii sources that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) saw the Banu Umayyah ascending his pulpit in a dream, and this Surah was revealed (Al-Dur al-Manthur), in which he said: This night is better than a thousand months. Thus, the rule of the Banu Umayyah lasted a thousand months.

And while describing the virtues of Laylatul Qadr, he says:

وَ مَاۤ اَدۡرٰىکَ مَا لَیۡلَۃُ الۡقَدۡرِ ؕ

And what made you know what the Night of Power is?

لَیۡلَۃُ الۡقَدۡرِ ۬ۙ خَیۡرٌ مِّنۡ اَلۡفِ شَہۡرٍ ؕ

The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.

It is a favor from Allah Almighty to make one night better than eighty-three (83) years, and eighty-three (83) years is one lifetime. Every year, a person gets one lifetime in one night for worship.

This is a blessed night and the angels and the spirit descend.

تَنَزَّلُ الۡمَلٰٓئِکَۃُ وَ الرُّوۡحُ فِیۡہَا بِاِذۡنِ رَبِّہِمۡ ۚ مِنۡ کُلِّ اَمۡرٍ ۙ

The angels and the Spirit descend in this night with all (determined) orders by the permission of their Lord.

It is narrated in Al-Kafi from Imam Sadiq (a.s.) that he (a.s.) said: On the night of the 19th of Ramadan, destiny is made, on the night of the 21st, the final decision is made, and on the night of the 23rd, the action is implemented. There are several narrations in Al-Durr Al-Manthur 6:632, 636, 637 that the Night of Qadr is the night of the 23rd. In a narration from the same book, it is mentioned that on the morning of the 21st of Ramadan, traces of soil were seen on the forehead and nose of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.). This also indirectly shows that prostration is performed on soil.

سَلٰمٌ ۟ۛ ہِیَ حَتّٰی مَطۡلَعِ الۡفَجۡرِ ٪

This night is peace until the dawn.

The Night of Power is a joint act.

1)Taking a bath Before sunset and performing the Maghrib prayer with the bath.

2)Praying two rak'ahs of prayer. The intention of the prayer is from the Night of Power; it will be prayed in such a way that in each rak'ah, after Surah Hamd, Surah Ikhlas will be recited seven times.

3)Stay up all night.And this staying awake all night leads to the forgiveness of sins.

4)  Say seventy times,            اسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ رَبِّي وَاتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

5)Take the Holy Qur'an in your hand and open it in front of your face and read

 اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِكِتَابِكَ الْمُنْزَلِ وَمَا فِيْهِ وَفِيهِ اسْمُكَ الْأَكْبَرُ وَاسْمَاتُكَ الْحُسْنَى وَمَا يُخَافُ وَيُرْجِى أَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي مِنْ عُتَقَائِكَ مِنَ النَّارِط

O Allah, I ask you for your book of the abode and what is in it, and in it is your name, the Greatest.And your name is good, and what is feared, and I pray that you will keep me from your sins.

After that ask for your needs

6)Place the Holy Quran on the head of the person and recite:

 اللهُمَّ بِحَقِّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ وَبِحَقِّ مَنْ أَرْ سَلْتَهُ بِهِ وَبِحَقِّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مَدَحْتَهُ فِيهِ وَبِحَقِّكَعَلَيْهِمْ فَلَا أَحَدَ أَعْرَفُ بِحَقِّكَ مِنْكَ.

O Allah, by the truth of this Quran, and by the truth of those whom You have sent with it, and by the truth of every believer whom You have praised therein, and by Your truth

Recite each dhikr ten times:

بِكَ يَا الله،  بِمُحَمَّدٍ ، بِعَلي ، بفاطمة ، بِالْحَسَنِ ، بِالْحُسَيْنِ ، بِعَلِي بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ،  بِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلَيَّ ، بِجَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،  بِمُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ،  بِعَلِّي بْنِ مُوسَى ،بِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٌّ ، بِعَلِي بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ، بِالْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلَيَّ ، بِالْحُجَّةِ۔

O God, by Muhammad, by Ali, by Fatima, by Hassan, by Husayn, by Ali bin Al-Hussein, by Muhammad bin Ali, by Ja'far bin Muhammad, by Musa bin Jafar, by Ali bin Musa, by Muhammad bin Ali, by Ali bin Muhammad, by Hassan bin Ali, by imam mehid.

7)Ziyarat Imam Hussain should be performed, especially on the night of Qadr. After the Ziyarat, perform two rak'ahs of prayer with the intention of Ziyarat Imam Hussain.

8)One hundred rak'ahs of prayer should be performed in two rak'ahs with the intention of the night of Qadr. In each rak'ah, after Surah Al-Hamd, recite Surah Ikhlas (Qul Hawallah) ten times.If one has missed obligatory prayers, it is better to perform the missed prayers of six days with the intention of making up for one's life.

Remembering Allah. Make a special supplication for oneself, one's parents, relatives, living and deceased believers, for the blessings of this world and the hereafter.

23 Special deeds of the night of Ramadan

Recite Surah Ankabut, Surah Rum, Surah Dukhan, recite Surah Qadr one thousand times

And pray to Allah, "اللهم كن لوليك...", reciting it repeatedly at different times of the night.