It is not certain that the Night of Power (Laylatul-Qadr) is on the 27th night of Ramadan. Why do we give so much importance to that night?

- It is supposed that the Night of Power is in the last week or the last ten days of the month of Ramadan.

Dear Brother / Sister,

Allah Almighty did not express clearly on what night of Ramadan the Night of Power was due to His mercy to the ummah. As it is known, Allah Almighty hid very important things in this world of testing.

He hid the time of death in a person's lifespan, saints among people and His greatest name among His beautiful names.  

Similarly, the time of acceptance is hidden on Friday, middle prayer is hidden among five daily prayers, divine consent is hidden among worshipping, Day of Judgment is hidden in time, death is hidden in life and the Night of Power is hidden in Ramadan.   

As they are kept hidden, the other things and times also become valuable and they are given more importance. Badiuzzaman Said Nursi states the following: "The reason why some things are hidden in other things is to increase the value of the other things; if special things like that are revealed, the value of the other things will decrease."

As it is known, the Prophet (pbuh) said the Night of Power was on one of the odd nights (21, 23, 25, 27, 29) of the last ten nights of Ramadan. However, the hadiths stating that it was on the 27th night were generally accepted by the majority of the scholars and the Islamic world adopted it. The interpretation of Badiuzzaman Said Nursi regarding the issue is as follows:

“There is a strong possibility that tomorrow night is the Night of Power. Some of the scholarly authorities stated it is tomorrow. Even if it is not in fact, since the Ummah consider it to be so, God willing it will be accepted as such.” (see Şualar (Rays), On Dördüncü Şua (Fourteenth Ray))

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