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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصيام
Book of Fasting
باب: فضل ليلة القدر
Chapter: The virtue of Laylat al-Qadr
Bayhaqi 8521 — The virtue of Laylat al-Qadr
قَالَ اللهُ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ {إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ أَمْرٍ سَلَّامٌ هِيَ حَتَّى مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ} [القدر: 2].
Allah, exalted be His praise, says: "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful."
"Indeed, We sent it (the Qur'an) down on the Night of Decree. And what will make you know what the Night of Decree is? The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months. The angels and the Spirit (Jibril) descend therein by the permission of their Lord for every matter. Peace it is, until the rising of the dawn." [Surah al-Qadr: 1-5]
"Indeed, We sent it (the Qur'an) down on the Night of Decree. And what will make you know what the Night of Decree is? The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months. The angels and the Spirit (Jibril) descend therein by the permission of their Lord for every matter. Peace it is, until the rising of the dawn." [Surah al-Qadr: 1-5]
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ إِمْلَاءً، ثنا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ، ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أنبأ جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ {إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ} [القدر: ١] قَالَ: " أُنْزِلَ الْقُرْآنُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً إِلَى سَمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا وَكَانَ بِمَوْقِعِ النُّجُومِ وَكَانَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُنَزِّلُهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْضُهُ فِي أَثَرِ بَعْضٍ فَقَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ {وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْلَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً كَذَلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِ فُؤَادَكَ وَرَتَّلْنَاهُ تَرْتِيلًا} ".
Sa'id bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding the saying of Allah Almighty, "Indeed, We sent it down on the Night of Decree" [Surah al-Qadr: 1], that the Qur'an was sent down all at once to the lowest heaven on the Night of Decree, and it was at the place where the stars descend, and Allah Almighty would send it down as occasions required, one revelation after another. Allah Almighty says: They said, "Why was the Qur'an not sent down to him all at once?" [Surah al-Furqan: 32] "So that We may strengthen your heart thereby." [Surah al-Furqan: 32]
