´It was narrated from 'Aishah that she said:` "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think I should say in my supplication, if I come upon Laylatul-Qadr?" He said: "Say: 'Allahumma innaka 'afuwwun tuhibbul-'afwa, fa'fu 'anni (O Allah, You are Forgiving and love forgiveness, so forgive me).'"
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
(1)
In the nights in which there is a possibility of Laylat al-Qadr occurring, one should supplicate more abundantly.
(2)
The thing a servant needs most is to obtain forgiveness from Allah's court.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3850
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
O Allah! You are Pardoning and Merciful,
and You love to pardon and forgive,
therefore, pardon and forgive us.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3513
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
577 Lexical Explanation:
«اَرَاٗيْتَ» means: "You tell me." This is in the meaning of «اَخْبِرْنِي».
«اَيُّ لَيْلَةٍ» will be in the accusative case (nasb) due to being the object (maf'ul), and will have a nominative case (dammah) if it is the subject (mubtada), and after it will be its predicate (khabar), and this entire sentence will serve as the equivalent of two objects.
«عَفُوٌ» has a fatha on the letter ‘ayn’ and a shaddah on the letter ‘waw’, meaning: one who greatly pardons, one who forgives and absolves abundantly. *
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 577