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Surah 97 of 114 • 5 verses • Makki

سُوْرَةُ الْقَدْرِ

Surah Al-Qadr (The Power, Fate)

Read with Urdu, English & Hindi meaning, transliteration and audio

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1

إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ فِي لَيۡلَةِ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ ﴿1﴾

ہم نے اس (قرآن) کو شب قدر میں نازل (کرنا شروع) کیا

Tafsir — verse 1

We sent it down on the Night of Decree — the Quran’s descent began on this honoured night.

2

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا لَيۡلَةُ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ ﴿2﴾

اور تمہیں کیا معلوم کہ شب قدر کیا ہے؟

Tafsir — verse 2

What will tell you what the Night of Decree is? — its rank exceeds imagination.

3

لَيۡلَةُ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ خَيۡرࣱ مِّنۡ أَلۡفِ شَهۡرࣲ‏ ﴿3﴾

شب قدر ہزار مہینے سے بہتر ہے

Tafsir — verse 3

Better than a thousand months — one night outweighs 83 years of worship.

4

تَنَزَّلُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذۡنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمۡرࣲ‏ ﴿4﴾

اس میں روح (الامین) اور فرشتے ہر کام کے (انتظام کے) لیے اپنے پروردگار کے حکم سے اترتے ہیں

Tafsir — verse 4

Angels and the Spirit descend with every decree — mercy, blessing and destined affairs.

5

سَلَٰمٌ هِيَ حَتَّىٰ مَطۡلَعِ ٱلۡفَجۡرِ ﴿5﴾

یہ (رات) طلوع صبح تک (امان اور) سلامتی ہے

Tafsir — verse 5

Peace till dawn — safety from all evil through the night; seek it in the last ten, odd nights most hoped.

Arabic: Uthmani script. Urdu meaning: Fateh Muhammad Jalandhry • English: The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab • Hindi: Suhel Farooq Khan • Text via quran-api (fawazahmed0) • Recitation: Mishary Alafasy, Abdul Basit, Mahmoud Al-Husary, Maher Al-Muaiqly & Muhammad Al-Minshawi via EveryAyah — choose your reciter above. Translation audio: English (Sahih International, Ibrahim Walk) & Urdu (Shamshad Ali Khan) via EveryAyah; Hindi uses your device's voice reader and needs internet voices on some phones. Spoken translation wording may differ slightly from the displayed text. Educational content — not a fatwa. See methodology.

Reviewed • 2026-01-01Our methodology

About Surah Al-Qadr (The Power, Fate)

Surah Al-Qadr is surah 97 of 114 — 5 verses. Read it above in Arabic with Urdu, English and Hindi translation, transliteration and audio, or continue to all 114 surahs and the full Quran with 30 paras.

Tafsir summary

Decree: the Night of Decree — better than a thousand months — angels descending with peace till dawn.

Key themes: Night of Decree • Angels’ descent • Peace

Summary: Hikmah Noor editorial. For rulings and detail see classical tafsir and consult scholars — our methodology.

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Surah Al-Qadr (The Power, Fate) has 5 verses.

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What is Surah Al-Qadr about?

Decree: the Night of Decree — better than a thousand months — angels descending with peace till dawn. Key themes: Night of Decree, Angels’ descent, Peace.