TRULY WE REVEALED it on the Night of Determination.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : and from his narration on the authority of ibn 'abbas that he said regarding the interpretation of allah's saying (lo! we revealed it): '(lo! we revealed it) he says: we sent gabriel with the entire qur'an to the scribes of the nether heaven (on the night of power) on the night of judgement and decree; it is also said this means: on a night blessed with forgiveness and mercy, and then it was revealed to the prophet (pbuh) in instalments.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : lo! we revealed it, that is, the qur’ān, in its entirety, [sending it down] from the preserved tablet to the heaven of this world, on the night of ordainment, that is, [the night] of great eminence.
Ali ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi
تفسير : (lo! we revealed it on the night of predestination. ah, what will convey unto thee what the night of power is! the night of power is better than a thousand months) [97:1-3].
abu bakr al-tamimi informed us> ‘abd allah ibn hibban> abu yahya al-razi> sahl al-‘askari> yahya ibn abi za’idah> muslim> ibn abi najih> mujahid who said: “the prophet, allah bless him and give him peace, mentioned an israelite who carried weapons and fought for the sake of allah for a thousand months. the muslims were astonished to hear this, and so allah, exalted is he, revealed (lo! we revealed it on the night of predestination. ah, what will convey unto thee what the night of power is! the night of power is better than a thousand months). he said: ‘this is better than the months in which that man carried his weapons and fought’ ”.
Sahl al-Tustari
تفسير : lo! we revealed it on the night of great merit.he said:on the night of great merit [the descent of] mercy upon his servants was decreed.his words, exalted is he:
