Surah Al-Qadr
Quran 97:2
Read Quran 97:2 from Surah Al-Qadr (The Night of Decree) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 97:2
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ٢
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Night of Power is!
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 97. Al-Qadr (The Night of Decree)
- Ayah
- 2 of 5
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 97:2
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 97:2
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
ثم فخم شأنها، وعظم مقدارها فقال: { وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ } أي: فإن شأنها جليل، وخطرها عظيم.