can someone explain laylat alkader to me?

Salam for you my dear sister. You can read surah 97 Al Qadr (Glorious or noble) in the Qur'an chapter (kjuz) 30It has only 5 verses.(1) Really We (Allah and angels) have dropped the holy Qur'an in the qadar (alkader) night from the Lauh Mahfuz (2)Do you know the glorious night ? (3)The glorious night is better than 1000 nights (4)At that night angels headed by Jibril go down to this earth with the approval of Allah to solve all problems or affairs (5) At that night will be prosperous until fajr time.

At this night if a muslim is making good doings such as making prayer, reciting Qur'an,giving alms/sadaqah, etc its rewards will be doubled by Allah.The signs of the night among others the climate is so nice,not hot and not cold,no wind,no cloud,no rain etcUlamas told us that it will be fallen on the uneven date after 20th of ramadan e.g 21,23,25,27 or 29 th.

Quran Surah 97 QADR

1. We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of Power:

2. And what will explain to thee what the night of power is?

3. The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.

4. Therein come down the angels and the Spirit by Allah's permission, on every errand:

5. Peace! it is till the break of the morning.

This night has a veru special place in islam .

As our Holy book was revealed .

So we muslim try to spend this night worshipping Allah ,and thanking him giving us the gift (quran)

This night is the odd nights of the last ten days

21.23.25,27,29 (among these five nights )

Islamically nights comes b4 the day

so when your fasting 20th fast, after maghrib the 21night will start

so till the fajr time u spend time in praying ,recitting.

It when all the years decrees are sent down...the angels descend on earth...the Holy Quran was revealed on this night...

So valuable is this Night of Qadr that the Quran devotes a special surah to

it “Lailatul Qadr is better than a thousand months” [97:3] This one night

surpasses the value of 30,000 nights. The most authentic account of the

occurrence of the Night indicates that it can occur on any one of the last

ten, oddnumbered nights of Ramadan. The fact that the exact night is unknown

reflects Allah’s will in keeping it hidden. Indeed, the Prophet (pbuh) was

prevented from telling us its precise time. One day, he came out to tell the

companions the exact night. On the way he saw two men arguing with each

other. By the will of Allah, he(pbuh)forgot and subsequently remembered it.

Afterwards the Prophet (pbuh) was instructed not to divulge this information.

“Had I been allowed,” he (pbuh) remarked once, “I would have told you (of

its exact time).” [Ahmad] The Almighty in His wisdom kept this hidden from us

for many reasons (wa Allahu 'Alam). Perhaps He wants us to strive hard in our

worship during the last ten days of Ramadan so that we don’t become lazy,

worshipping hard on just that one night and denying ourselves the benefit of

doing the same on the other nights. “Had people not left their salah except

for that (one) night, I would have informed you (of its exact date).”

[Al-Tabarani] The sincere believer who worries day and night about his sins

and phases of neglect in his life patiently awaits the onset of Ramadan.

During it he hopes to be forgiven by Allah for past sins, knowing that the

Prophet (pbuh) promised that all who bear down during the last ten days shall

have all their sins forgiven. To achieve this, he remembers the Prophet’s

(pbuh) advice in different

sayings wherein he used words like “seek”, “pursue”, “search”, and “look

hard” for Lailatul Qadr (see tomorrows Post). Moreover, Allah and His

Prophet (pbuh) provided us some signs of its occurrence.

Allah (swt) describes the night as “..peace until the rise of the morn.”

[97:5] In various sayings, the Prophet (pbuh) described the night as serene,

tranquil, and peaceful. The sun at sunrise would appear reddish and without

its normal blazing and sharp rays. Ubayy (R) said : "On the morning of the

night of Qadr the sun would rise without any beams; (it is like) a wash basin

until it raises." [Muslim]

Abu Hurairah (R) said : "We mentioned the night of Qadr to the Messenger of

Allaah (S) and he said: "Which of you remembers when the moon rises and it is

like half a bowl." [Muslim]

Ibn Abbaas (R) said that the Messenger of Allaah (S) said : "The night of

Qadr is a night of generosity and happiness, it is not hot and neither is it

cold. The sun comes up in its morning weak, reddish." [Tabaranee, Ibn

Khuzaimah and Bazzaar]

The Prophet (pbuh) added that “the angel of earth on that night of Qadr will

be more numerous than all the pebbles of the earth.”

What should one do during the last ten days in pursuit of Lailatul Qadr? The

devoted servant of Allah makes these nights alive with prayer, reading and

reflecting on Quran. The long qiyaam prayer has been particularly recommended

during the nights on which Laylat ul-Qadr could fall. This is indicated in

many hadeeths, such as the following:

Abu Tharr (radhiallahu `anhu) relates: "We fasted with Allah's Messenger

(sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) in Ramadaan. He did not lead us (in qiyaam) at

all until there were seven (nights of Ramadaan) left. Then he stood with us

(that night - in prayer) until one third of the night had passed. He did not

pray with us on the sixth. On the fifth night, he prayed with us until half

of the night had passed. So we said, 'Allah's

Messenger! Wouldn't you pray with us the whole night?' He replied:

'Whoever stands in prayer with the imaam until he (the imaam) concludes the

prayer, it is recorded for him that he prayed the whole night.'…" [Recorded

by Ibn Abi

Shaybah, Abu Dawud, at-Tirmithi (who authenticated it), an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah,

at-Tahawi (in Sharhu Ma`an il-Athar, Ibn Nasr, al-Faryabi, and al-Bayhaqi.

Their isnad is authentic.]

Abu Dawud mentioned: "I heard Ahmad being asked, 'Do you like for a man to

pray with the people or by himself during Ramadan?' He replied, 'Pray with

the people' I also heard him say, 'I would prefer for one to pray (qiyaam)

with the imaam and to pray witr with him as well, for the Prophet (sallallahu

`alayhi wa sallam) said: "When a man prays with the imaam until he

concludes,

it is recorded that he prayed the rest of that night." [Masaa'il]]

Abu Hurayrah (radhiallahu `anhu) narrated that the Messenger (sallallahu

`alayhi wa sallam) said: "Whoever stands (in qiyaam) in Laylat ul-Qadr [and

it is facilitated for him] out of faith and expectation (of Allah's reward),

will have all of his previous sins forgiven." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim; the

addition "and it is facilitated for him" is recorded by Ahmad from the report

of `Ubaadah Bin as-Samit; it means that he is permitted to be