Surah Al-Qadr (97) — Ayah 3

(Ayah 3){ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ اَلْفِ شَهْرٍ:} That is, Laylat al-Qadr, in terms of its blessings and the reward for worship in it, is better than a thousand months in which this night does not occur. Then, by a thousand months, either this number is meant, or, according to the common custom of the Arabs, abundance is meant, which can be even more than this number. Here, some commentators have written a narration in condemnation of the days of the Umayyad rule (which were a thousand months), whereas Tirmidhi, may Allah have mercy on him, narrated it and himself declared it weak. [ دیکھیے ترمذي، تفسیر القرآن، باب ومن سورۃ لیلۃ القدر : ۳۳۵۰ ] On the contrary, the reality is that although the era of the Umayyads cannot be compared to the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, it too was a period of the rise of Islam, during which the banner of Islam waved from east to west. Until their era, the entire Islamic world remained under one caliph, and Islam remained dominant, exalted, and protected. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: [لَا يَزَالُ هٰذَا الدِّيْنُ عَزِيْزًا مَنِيْعًا إِلَی اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ خَلِيْفَةً، كُلُّهُمْ مِّنْ قُرَيْشٍ ] [ مسلم، الإمارۃ، باب الناس تبع لقریش… : 1821/9، عن جابر بن سمرۃ رضی اللہ عنہ ] "This religion will remain dominant and protected until there are twelve caliphs, all of whom will be from Quraysh." In Abu Dawood, the words narrated from the same Jabir bin Samurah, may Allah be pleased with him, are: [ لاَ يَزَالُ هٰذَا الدِّيْنُ قَائِمًا حَتّٰی يَكُوْنَ عَلَيْكُمُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيْفَةً، كُلُّهُمْ تَجْتَمِعُ عَلَيْهِ الْأُمَّةُ، كُلُّهُمْ مِّنْ قُرَيْشٍ ] [ أبو داوٗد، کتاب المھدي : ۴۲۷۹، وقال الألباني صحیح ] "This religion will remain established until there are twelve caliphs, over all of whom the Ummah will be united, all of them from Quraysh." The Rawafid and those influenced by them continue to say pointless things about this golden era of Islam, whereas after it, neither did the Muslim Ummah attain the blessing of being united under one caliph, nor did Islam remain dominant in the way it was during their era.