Gems from Juzz 'Amma: "Until The Emergence Of Dawn.."

~ Gems from Juzz 'Amma ~

Surah Qadr, 3-5: "Until The Emergence Of Dawn..."

لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ

The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.

The surah began with; What will give you a clue what the Night of Qadr is?

It is a night that has amazing rewards and extreme Mercy from Allah.

The Messenger was afraid that the members of his ummah are going to have short lives, so they won’t be able to catch up with the worship like previous nations (who had longer lifespans).

So Allah gifted to his Messenger the Laylatul Qadr. / Night of Qadr

خَيْرٌ

Some scholars say this Khayr means, you can accomplish alot of good in this Night, not just in worship, but in doing good (khayr) with others.

So the scholars commented that if you have broken up with someone i.e. A relative, a Muslim friend etc. – then this is the best night to do the good/khayr of uniting with them and removing the hard feelings between each other.

تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍ

"The angels and the Spirit [Jibreel] descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter."

Shaykh Salman ar-Ra’i: It is said the angels are looking forward to seeing the believers on Earth. so they seek permission of their Master (Allah) to come down on this Night, and Allah allows them to descend, after which they meet and greet the believers who are in worship during that night with Salaam (peace and greetings).

سَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ

          Peace it is until the emergence of dawn [fajr].

On this night there is absolutlely no evil whatsoever. This night is entire peace (salamuN - tanween).

A night of absolute peace when there is no intervention of the devils.

Mujahid comments,"This is the night when no human can embark upon any evil task."

Ash-Sha’bi: "Allah calls it the Salam because the angels are constantly sending peace 

and blessings upon the believers in the Masaajid/mosques."

From the setting of the sun till the break of dawn.

The angels pass by the believers doing worship and give Salaam [prayers of peace] to every single one of them individually.