Transliteration:( Innaaa anzalnaahu fee lailatim mubaarakah; innaa kunnaa munzireen )
"Certainly, We revealed it (the Quran) in a Blessed(1) Night that We should warn with surety."
By “Blessed Night”, scholars understand this to refer primarily to Laylat al-Qadr, the 27th night of Ramadan, which is widely accepted as the night the Qur’an was first sent down. Some scholars also interpret it to mean the Night of Ascension (Lailatul Me’raaj) or the Night of Acquittal (Lailatul Baraat)—the 15th night of Sha’ban.
On this sacred night, the entire Qur’an was brought down from the Preserved Tablet (Loh-e-Mahfooz) to the worldly heaven, from where it was revealed gradually over 23 years to the Holy Prophet ﷺ.
This verse highlights the tremendous sanctity and spiritual depth of the night in which the Qur’an was revealed. The term “Blessed Night” underscores the immense barakah (blessing) and divine mercy that descend during this time.
In parallel, just as the Qur’an’s revelation made that night holy, the night of the birth of the Prophet ﷺ—who is the bearer of the Qur’an—is also deeply blessed and overflowing with divine grace.
Both events—the sending of the Qur’an and the arrival of the Messenger—are causes for immense spiritual elevation, guidance, and divine mercy for the Ummah.
The tafsir of Surah Ad-Dukhan verse 3 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Dukhan ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 8.
(44:3) We revealed it on a Blessed Night, for We were intent on warning;[1]
1. The meaning of taking an oath by the lucid Scripture has been explained in (Surah Az-Zukhruf, ayat 1) note 1. Here also what has been sworn by is that Muhammad (peace be upon him) is not the author of this Book but We are the author, and this Book by itself is enough to provide a proof of that. Furthermore, it has been said that the night in which it was revealed was full of blessings. That is, the foolish and ignorant people, who have no idea of their own well being or otherwise, regard the revelation of this Book as a disaster for themselves and are deeply anxious as how to get rid of it. But, as a matter of fact, the Hour when We decided to send down this Book to arouse the heedless, was highly blessed for them and for all mankind.
Some commentators have expressed the opinion that the meaning of sending down the Quran in that night is that its revelation began during that night, and some others think that the whole of the Quran was transferred from Umm-ul- Kitab and entrusted to the bearers of revelation (angels), and then revealed to the Prophet (peace be upon him) as and when required and demanded by the occasion and circumstances during 23 years. As to what actually happened Allah alone has the best knowledge.
The night implies the same night which has been called lailat-ul-qadr in (Surah Al-Qadr, Ayat 1), There it has been said: We sent it down in a night of glory, and here: We sent it down in a blessed night. It was the night of the month of Ramadhan, as it is said in (Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayat 185): Ramadhan is the month in which the Quran was revealed.
[1459]- The Night of Decree (Qadr). See Sūrah al-Qadr.
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