The 27th night of Ramadan is called Kadir Gecesi, the Night of Power. The greatest night of the Muslim year, this is the sanctified night when the history of Islam began, the night on which the first verses of the Koran are believed to have been revealed to Prophet Muhammed in Mecca in the year 610 AD.
The night is one of the most cherished in the religion of Islam. It is described to be better than a thousand months of worshipping
Muslims gather for collective prayers and recite the Quran together on that night.
“Whoever stays up (in prayer and remembrance of Allah) on the Night of Destiny, fully believing (in Allah’s promise of reward) and hoping to seek reward, he shall be forgiven for his past sins,” Muhammad is also quoted as saying.
The gates of heaven are opened wide, angels walk the earth and the demons of Hell are chained in their fiery pits.
It is also a night of forgiveness when good deeds performed are “better than the deeds of 1000 months which do not contain a Night of the Decree.”
The anniversary of that night or the birthday of the Quran became the holiest moment in the Muslim calendar (Kadir Gecesi).
This year, Kadir Gecesi falls on April 5-6, 2024 (Friday-Saturday), beginning at sunset in the evening and lasting until the following evening:
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