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Surah Al-Qadr - Word by Word

(The Power)

bismillaahirrahmaanirrahiim
1

اِنَّآ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ فِيْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ ١

innā
إِنَّآ
Indeed We
anzalnāhu
أَنزَلْنَٰهُ
revealed it
فِى
in
laylati
لَيْلَةِ
(the) Night
l-qadri
ٱلْقَدْرِ
(of) Power
Indeed, We sent it [i.e., the Quran] down during the Night of Decree. (QS. [97] Al-Qadr: 1)
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2

وَمَآ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِۗ ٢

wamā
وَمَآ
And what
adrāka
أَدْرَىٰكَ
can make you know
مَا
what
laylatu
لَيْلَةُ
(the) Night
l-qadri
ٱلْقَدْرِ
(of) Power (is)?
And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree? (QS. [97] Al-Qadr: 2)
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3

لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ ەۙ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ اَلْفِ شَهْرٍۗ ٣

laylatu
لَيْلَةُ
(The) Night
l-qadri
ٱلْقَدْرِ
(of) Power
khayrun
خَيْرٌ
(is) better
min
مِّنْ
than
alfi
أَلْفِ
a thousand
shahrin
شَهْرٍ
month(s)
The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months. (QS. [97] Al-Qadr: 3)
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4

تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةُ وَالرُّوْحُ فِيْهَا بِاِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْۚ مِنْ كُلِّ اَمْرٍۛ ٤

tanazzalu
تَنَزَّلُ
Descend
l-malāikatu
ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ
the Angels
wal-rūḥu
وَٱلرُّوحُ
and the Spirit
fīhā
فِيهَا
therein
bi-idh'ni
بِإِذْنِ
by (the) permission
rabbihim
رَبِّهِم
(of) their Lord
min
مِّن
for
kulli
كُلِّ
every
amrin
أَمْرٍ
affair
The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter. (QS. [97] Al-Qadr: 4)
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5

سَلٰمٌ ۛهِيَ حَتّٰى مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ ࣖ ٥

salāmun
سَلَٰمٌ
Peace
hiya
هِىَ
it (is)
ḥattā
حَتَّىٰ
until
maṭlaʿi
مَطْلَعِ
(the) emergence
l-fajri
ٱلْفَجْرِ
(of) the dawn
Peace it is until the emergence of dawn. (QS. [97] Al-Qadr: 5)
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