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Tafseer of Surah Qadr

Surah Qadr, although is a very small surah, yet it is having a lot of virtues and merits.

Narrator asked Imam (as) “In my namaz, which Surah better than Surah Tauheed should I recite so that I get the same reward? Imam replied “Recite Surah Qadr in the first rakat and Surah Tauheed in the second rakat. Hence the best namaz is the one in which Surah Qadr is recited in the first rakat.

2. Mansoor Dawaniqi (la) once called Imam Sadiq (as) to his court. The companions of Imam feared that Mansoor might harm him (a.s). They said, “What will you do to protect yourself from this tyrant?” Imam (as) said, “I will hand over my affair to Allah and recite Surah Qadr.” Hence, this surah is helpful in protecting a person from difficulties and calamities.

3. Recitation of Surah Qadr in the month of Ramazan – especially at the times of Iftar and Sehr – has been highly recommended. In a tradition it has come that this Surah should be recited 1000 times in a day. This Surah is the best Surah that can be recited on the graves of our Marhomeen. According to tradition, it should be recited 7 times on the grave. Angels take this Surah in the form of a gift and present it to the believer.

4. Imam Baqir (as) says, The superiority of a believer who knows the Tafseer of Surah Qadr over the one who does know it’s Tafseer is like the superiority of men over animals (Tafseer Kanzud Daqaiq, (Vol 14, pg 367)

📌 Tafseer Surah Qadr

According to both Shia and Sunnis, Shab Qadr is either the 19th, 21st or 23rd night. Each night has an important role and it completes the previous Shab Qadr. However, the greatest among them is 23rd night. Shab Qadr is the beginning of the Destiny year. Moharram is the beginning of the Arab calendar. Not religious calendar. From the aspect of destiny, the year begins from this night. That is why Quran say in Surah Qadr, We revealed the Quran in Shab Qadr.

Quran has two types of revelations. One was it’s gradual revelation that began from the day of Proclamation till the very end. The other revelation was a single revelation where the entire Quran descended as a single revelation on Bait Mamur. Bait Mamur is the Holy Kaaba in the fourth Heaven. It is the exact replica of the Holy Kaaba on the earth and is located exactly above it in the 4th heaven. Allah revealed the entire Quran as a single revelation on Bait Mamur. From there over a period of 23 years it was gradually revealed to Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a).

O Prophet what would you know about the greatest of Shab Qadr? And then Allah had replied to it in the next verse Shab Qadr is better than a thousand months (Shab Qadr is the time between Azan Maghrib to Azan Subh)

In a tradition, Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a), This night is better than the 1000 months of Bani Umayyah The total rein of Bani Umayyah lasted for approximately 1000 months. Then Shab Qadr is better than the entire duration of the rule of Bani Umayyah.
Then we must pay attention not to waste this duration – from Azan of Maghrib to Azan Subh in sleeping, watch TV, doing unnecessary things. We should not be engrossed in anything except reciting Quran and doing worship since these 8 hours are equal to 1000 months of worship.

In it descend the angels & J Ruh with every order
In the above verse, Ruh does not refer to the ruh (soul) of an individual. Neither does it refer to H.Isa who is Ruhullah. Neither it refers to J Jibraeel who is called Ruh-ul-Ameen. Rather it refers to an angel named Ruh-ul-Qudus. In rank and status, he is superior to J Jibraeel, J Mikael, and all other angels. This is the reason that Allah has mentioned Ruh separately in the above verse to show his position and status among the angels.

It is important to realise over here that we should refer to the Rasekhoon fil Ilm & the Ahle Zikr to understand the reality Ruhul of Quran. H Ruh-ul-Qudus is the source of knowledge and infallibility of the Ahle Bait (a.s). He was in the service of Ahle Bait (a.s) right from their childhood. In the words of Ameerul Momeneen (as)
Through him he (Holy Prophet) walked on the path of Impeccable and sublime morals of the worlds (At-Taraaif fi Maarefat Mazaahib Tawaaif, Vol 2,pg 415)
O Allah! For the sake of Surah Qadr, hasten the Zuhoor of Imam Zamana (as)