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Night of Decree (ليلة القدر)

Ontology
Night of Decree (ليلة القدر) is the night in the month of Ramadan in which the Quran was revealed to the prophet Muhammad (also known as the Night of Power).
Parent Topic: Calendar Event

Ayahs Associated with This Topic (5)

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97:5 - Al-Qadr

Verse 5

سَلَٰمٌ هِيَ حَتَّىٰ مَطۡلَعِ ٱلۡفَجۡرِ ٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
It is all peace until the break of dawn.
97:4 - Al-Qadr

Verse 4

تَنَزَّلُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذۡنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمۡرٖ ٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
That night the angels and the ˹holy˺ spirit1 descend, by the permission of their Lord, for every ˹decreed˺ matter.
97:3 - Al-Qadr

Verse 3

لَيۡلَةُ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡ أَلۡفِ شَهۡرٖ ٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
The Night of Glory is better than a thousand months.
97:2 - Al-Qadr

Verse 2

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا لَيۡلَةُ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ ٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And what will make you realize what the Night of Glory is?
97:1 - Al-Qadr

Verse 1

إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ فِي لَيۡلَةِ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ ١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Indeed, ˹it is˺ We ˹Who˺ sent this ˹Quran˺ down on the Night of Glory.1

About Ayah Topics

Each verse can be associated with multiple topics across all three categories: ontological, thematic, and general. The topics are organized hierarchically, meaning each topic may have parent topics and child topics.

Database Structure

The QUL exports ayah topics data as a SQLite database with the following structure:

  • topic_id: Unique identifier for the topic
  • topic_name: The English name of the topic
  • arabic_name: The Arabic name or transliteration of the topic (if available)
  • verse_key: The verse identifier in format "chapter:verse" (e.g., "2:255")
  • is_ontology: Boolean indicating if this is an ontology topic
  • is_thematic: Boolean indicating if this is a thematic topic
  • parent_topic_id: ID of the parent topic (for hierarchical organization)
  • description: Detailed description of what the topic encompasses