Blessings of Laila-tul-Qadr: The Extraordinary Blessings of Laylat al-Qadr

Our lives are very short

When the honourable companions رَضِیَ اللہُ عَنْہُم heard about the worships, fights and struggles of Sayyidunā Sham'ūn عَلَيْہِ الرَّحْمَة, they were impressed by him and said to the Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم: 'Yā Rasūlallāh صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! We have been given very short lives whose some part is spent in sleeping, working, preparing food and in other worldly affairs. We cannot worship like Sham'ūn عَلَيْہِ الرَّحْمَة. Banī Isrāīl will surpass us in worship.'

Having listened to it, Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم became sad. Instantly, Sayyidunā Jibrāīl عَلَيْہِ السَّلَام arrived and presented Sūrah Qadr on behalf of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was comforted and reassured that 'Every year We have granted your Ummah a sacred night; if you worship Me at this night they shall surpass the thousand months' worship of Sham'ūn عَلَيْہِ الرَّحْمَة.' (Derived from Tafsīr-e-'Azīzī, pp. 434, vol. 4)

We are ungrateful

اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَر! Dear Islamic brothers! How merciful and kind Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is to the Ummah of His Beloved Rasūl صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. He عَزَّوَجَلَّ has bestowed upon us this magnificent night for the sake of His Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. If we worship in Laila-tul-Qadr we will earn more reward than the worship of a thousand months.

Unfortunately, we don't value this great night! There seems to be a great difference between the enthusiasm of the companions رَضِیَ اللہُ عَنْہُم and that of ours. It was due to their grief that we have been given such an enormous blessing without asking for it. They treasured it but we are ungrateful, we don't have even time to worship. We waste this huge blessing in heedlessness every year.

Blessings of filling in Madanī In'āmāt booklets

Dear Islamic brothers! In order to develop the mindset of attaining the blessing of Laila-tul-Qadr, join the Madanī environment of Dawat-e-Islami, a global & non-political religious movement of the Quran and Sunnah. اَلْحَمْدُلِلّٰہِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ In order to spend life according to the Sunnah, 72 Madanī In'āmāt (for Islamic brothers), 63 (for Islamic sisters), 92 (for male religious students), 83 (for female religious students) and 40 (for boys and girls) have been formulated. These are in the form of questions regarding worships and morals.

Everyone should fill in their Madanī In'āmāt booklets practicing Fikr-e-Madinah (pondering over deeds) every day and hand them in to their relevant responsible Islamic brother before (Islamic sisters will hand their booklets in to relevant responsible Islamic sister.) the 10th of every Madanī (Islamic) month. The Madanī In'āmāt have caused Madanī revolutions in the lives of many Islamic brothers and sisters.

Listen to a blessing of Madanī In'āmāt. An Islamic brother of Karachi gave the following account: The Imām of the Masjid of our area was associated with Dawat-e-Islami. Making individual effort, once he gave my elder brother a Madanī In'āmāt booklet as a gift. Having reached home, when he read the booklet, he was surprised to know that the small booklet contains a thorough guideline for the Muslims to spend their lives in conformity with Islamic teachings. Due to the blessings of the Madanī In'āmāt booklet, he started offering Ṣalāh with Jamā'at in the Masjid, اَلْحَمْدُلِلّٰہِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ. Now he has also grown a beard and fills in his Madanī In'āmāt booklet.

Madanī In'āmāt kay 'āmil pay har dam har g͟harī

Yā Ilāhī! K͟hūb barsā raḥmataun kī Tū jharī

One practicing Madanī In'āmāt be blessed every moment

With the rain of Divine mercy and bestowment

Glad tidings for those acting upon Madanī In'āmāt

Dear Islamic brothers! The following Madanī incident clearly shows how fortunate are those filling in the booklet of Madanī In'āmāt. An Islamic brother of Hyderabad (Bāb-ul-Islam, Sindh) gave the following statement under oath: One night in Rajab 1426 A.H., I was blessed with the huge privilege of beholding the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in dream. His blessed lips began to move, and he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, 'Whoever punctually does Fikr-e-Madīnah about his Madanī In'āmāt every day in this month, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ shall forgive him.'

Madanī In'āmāt kī bhī marḥabā kyā bāt ḥay

Qurb-e-Ḥaq kay ṭālibaun kay wāsiṭay sawg͟hāt ḥay

How excellent are the Madanī In'āmāt, marḥabā!

A great gift for the seekers of the closeness of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ

صَلُّوْا عَلَی الْحَبِیْب صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلٰی مُحَمَّد

Who is deprived of all blessings?

Sayyidunā Anas Bin Mālik رَضِیَ اللہُ عَنْہُ has stated that once the month of Ramadan arrived, so the Prophet of mankind, the Peace of our heart and mind, the most Generous and Kind صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, 'A month has come to you in which there is one such night that is better than a thousand months. Whoever is deprived of that night is deprived of all goodness and only the one who is completely deprived is deprived of its goodness.' (Sunan Ibn Mājaḥ, pp. 298, vol. 2, Ḥadīš 1644)

Thousand sons

Narrating another background regarding the revelation of Sūrah Qadr, Sayyidunā Ka'b-ul-Aḥbār رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْہِ, a Tābi'ī saint, has stated, 'There was a righteous king in the Banī Isrāīl. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ commanded the then Prophet عَلَيْہِ السَّلَام to ask the king to express his desire. When he heard the divine message, he said, 'Yā Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! I want to sacrifice my wealth, children and life in Jihad.' Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ blessed him with a thousand sons. He used to groom each son for Jihad and send him along with an army to fight in the path of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. The son would fight for a month and then be martyred. The King would then groom another son and send him to fight along with the army, and in this way, every month he would sacrifice one of his sons. Further, the king used to offer Ṣalāh at night and fast during the day.

After a thousand months, all his thousand sons were martyred. Thereafter he fought himself and drank the beverage of martyrdom. Impressed by the sincere sacrifices made by the king, people said that no one can reach his status. So Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ revealed the verse:

لَیۡلَۃُ الۡقَدۡرِ ۬ۙ خَیۡرٌ مِّنۡ اَلۡفِ شَہۡرٍ

Laila-tul-Qadr is better than a thousand months.

[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)]

In other words, Laila-tul-Qadr is better than the king's thousand months in which he offered Ṣalāh every night, fasted every day, and fought in the path of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ with his wealth, life and children. (Tafsīr Qurṭubī, pp. 122, part 30, vol. 20)