Hadith.2024 - Humran asked Abu Ja'far عليه السلام about the saying of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty and Majestic: "Indeed, We sent it down on a blessed night" (Surah Ad-Dukhan 44:3).
Imam عليه السلام replied: "It is Laylatul Qadr, and it occurs every year in the Month of Ramadan, during its last ten nights. The Quran was revealed only on Laylatul Qadr.
Allah
سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty and Majestic, says: 'Therein every wise matter is made distinct' (Surah Ad-Dukhan
44:4)."
Imam
عليه السلام continued: "On Laylatul Qadr, everything that will occur in that year, up to its equivalent time in the following year, is decreed — whether good or evil, obedience or disobedience, life or death, or sustenance. Whatever is decreed and decided on that night is inevitable. Yet, Allah
سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty and Majestic, has the will (to alter decrees as He pleases)."
Humran then asked: "Laylatul Qadr is better than a thousand months — what does this mean?" Imam
عليه السلام replied: "Righteous deeds on Laylatul Qadr are better than those performed over a thousand months. Were it not for Allah
سبحانه وتعالى, Blessed and Exalted, multiplying the rewards for believers, they would not reach this merit. However, Allah
سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty and Majestic, multiplies good deeds for them."
