1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,039 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 3 00:00:08,589 --> 00:00:12,710 Abridged by Dr. Aqil Ibn Salim al-Shammari. 4 00:00:12,910 --> 00:00:16,030 Surah al-Qadr. 5 00:00:18,539 --> 00:00:22,859 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 6 00:00:22,859 --> 00:00:28,890 “Lo! We revealed it on the Night of Predestination.” (97:1) 7 00:00:28,890 --> 00:00:32,689 “Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Night of Power is!” (97:2) 8 00:00:32,689 --> 00:00:37,689 “The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.” (97:3) 9 00:00:37,689 --> 00:00:42,689 “The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord, with all decrees.” (97:4) 10 00:00:42,689 --> 00:00:46,689 “The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord, with all decrees.” (97:4) 11 00:00:46,689 --> 00:00:52,579 “(The night is) Peace until the rising of the dawn.” (97:5) 12 00:00:52,579 --> 00:00:56,579 We sent down this Qur'an in its entirety at once. 13 00:00:56,579 --> 00:00:59,579 To the lowest heaven on the Night of Decree. 14 00:00:59,579 --> 00:01:01,579 It is the night of divine decree. 15 00:01:01,579 --> 00:01:04,579 In which Allah ordains the decrees for the year. 16 00:01:04,579 --> 00:01:08,739 And what could make you understand, O Muhammad, what the Night of Decree is? 17 00:01:08,739 --> 00:01:11,739 Deeds performed on the Night of Decree. 18 00:01:11,739 --> 00:01:15,739 Are better than deeds performed over a thousand months that do not contain the Night of Decree. 19 00:01:15,739 --> 00:01:20,739 The angels descend, and Jibril with them, who is the Spirit. 20 00:01:20,739 --> 00:01:22,739 On the Night of Decree. 21 00:01:22,739 --> 00:01:25,739 “The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord, with all decrees.” (97:4) 22 00:01:25,739 --> 00:01:27,739 Meaning, by the command of their Lord. 23 00:01:27,739 --> 00:01:30,739 Concerning every matter that Allah has decreed for that year. 24 00:01:30,739 --> 00:01:33,739 Such as provisions, lifespans, and other things. 25 00:01:33,739 --> 00:01:36,739 The Night of Decree is peace, free from all evil. 26 00:01:36,739 --> 00:01:40,739 From its beginning until the break of dawn on that night. 27 00:01:40,739 --> 00:01:45,290 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.