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Ayah al-Qadr (Power, Fate, The Majesty) 97:3
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Muhammad Asad
The Night of Destiny is better than a thousand months
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
The Night of Glory is better than a thousand months.
Safi Kaskas
The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.
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لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْر
Transliteration (2021)
laylatu l-qadri khayrun min alfi shahri
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
(The) Night (of) Power (is) better than a thousand month(s).
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
The Night of Destiny is better than a thousand months
M. M. Pickthall
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
The Night of Glory is better than a thousand months.
Safi Kaskas
The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.
Wahiduddin Khan
The Night of Destiny is better than a thousand months
Shakir
The grand night is better than a thousand months
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
The night of power
is
better than a thousand months.
T.B.Irving
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.
Abdul Hye
The night of Decree is better than 1,000 months
The Study Quran
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months
Dr. Kamal Omar
A night of
Al-Qadr
(proved) better than a thousand months —
Farook Malik
The night of Qadr is better than one thousand months
Talal A. Itani (new translation)
The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
The Night of Determination is more charitable (i.e., better) than a thousand months
Muhammad Sarwar
(Worship) on the Night of Destiny is better than (worship) for a thousand months
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
The Night of Qadr is much better than one thousand months
Shabbir Ahmed
The Night of Majesty is better than a thousand months. (A day of enlightenment is better than a life-time of ignorance)
Dr. Munir Munshey
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months
Syed Vickar Ahamed
The Night of Power is better than a thousand Months
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
The Night of Destiny is better than one thousand months
Abdel Haleem
The Night of Glory is better than a thousand months
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
The night of Power is better than a thousand months
Ahmed Ali
Better is the Night of Determination than a thousand months
Aisha Bewley
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.
Ali Ünal
The Night of Destiny and Power is better than a thousand months
Ali Quli Qara'i
The Night of Ordainment is better than a thousand months
Hamid S. Aziz
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
The night of destiny is better than a thousand months
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
The Night of Power is as good as a thousand months
Musharraf Hussain
The Night of Destiny is better than one thousand months;
Maududi
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
The Night of Decree is better than one thousand months.
Mohammad Shafi
The night of divine Decree is better than a thousand months
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
The blessed and valuable Night is better than a thousand months.
Rashad Khalifa
The Night of Destiny is better than a thousand months
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
The Night of Honor is better than a thousand months
Maulana Muhammad Ali
The Night of Majesty is better than a thousand months
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
The predestined/destiny night (is) better than one thousand month (lunar months)
Bijan Moeinian
The night of light and power in which Qur’an was revealed is more honorable than one thousand nights
Faridul Haque
The Night of Destiny is better than a thousand months
Sher Ali
The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
The Night of Destiny is better than a thousand months (in merit, blessings, reward and recompense)
Amatul Rahman Omar
The Night of Majesty is better than a thousand months
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
The night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is better than a thousand months (i.e. worshipping Allah in that night is better than worshipping Him a thousand months, i.e. 83 years and 4 months)
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months
George Sale
The night of al Kadr is better than a thousand months
Edward Henry Palmer
the Night of Power is better than a thousand months
John Medows Rodwell
The night of power excelleth a thousand months
N J Dawood (2014)
Better is the Night of Qadr than a thousand months
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto
The Night of Power is more wonderful than a thousand months.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.
Sayyid Qutb
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.
Ahmed Hulusi
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months (a lifetime of 80 years).
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
Deeds imprinted with wisdom and piety (like supplication, benevolence, pondering, acquirement of knowledge, at that night) merit a reward outweighing the reward due for like deeds accomplished for one thousand months
Mir Aneesuddin
The night of Al Qadr is better than a thousand months.
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months
OLD Literal
Word for Word
(The) Night (of) Power (is) better than a thousand month(s)