Laylat al-Qadr
Laylat al-Qadr, the Night of Decree, is a night in Ramadan's last ten nights. The Qur'an describes it as better than a thousand months. Its exact date isn't fixed, and it is widely held to fall on one of that period's odd nights.
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Laylat al-Qadr, the Night of Decree, is a night in Ramadan's last ten nights. The Qur'an describes it as better than a thousand months. Its exact date isn't fixed, and it is widely held to fall on one of that period's odd nights.
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