Night of Power

anniversary of two very important dates in Islam
Event recurring_religious_event Q216452
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Summary

Night of Power is a recurring religious event[1]. It draws 1,345 Wikipedia views per month (recurring religious event category, ranking #43 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: God in Islam[3]
  • Religion or worldview: Islam[4]
  • Instance of: religious holiday[5]
  • Illustrator: Jibril[6], Muhammad[7], angel in Islam[8]
  • Genre: spiritual practice[9], religious activity[10]
  • Operator: Muslim[11], Mukallaf[12]
  • Named after: al-Qadir[13], al-Qadeer[14], al-Muqtadir[15], power[16], destiny[17], decree[18], determination[19]
  • Based on: waḥy[20], Tanzil[21], Qur’an[22], Sunnah[23], hadith[24], prophetic biography[25]
  • Follows: Jahiliyyah[26]
  • Followed by: ummah[27]
  • Part of the series: Al-'Ashr al-Awakher[28]
  • Depicts: God in Islam[29], Allah[30], God[31], deity[32], Qur’an[33], Jibril[34], Muhammad[35]
  • Location: universe[36], world[37], worldwide[38]
  • Subclass of: Islamic holidays[39]
  • Part of: Ramadan[40]
  • Has use: worship in Islam[41]
  • Commons category: Laylat al-Qadr[42]
  • Language of work or name: Arabic[43]
  • Said to be the same as: 27 Ramadan[44]
  • Country of origin: Hejaz[45]
  • Has part(s): dhikr[46], Dua[47], Wird[48], Wazifa[49], Morning and Evening Prayers[50], thought[51], Tilawa[52], sunnah salah[53], Qiyam al-Layl[54], Tarawih[55], Tahajjud[56], qunut[57], Raising hands in Dua[58]
  • Commemorates: Hira[59], Jabal al-Nour[60]
  • Inception: 631[61]
  • Main subject: history of the Quran[62]
  • Location of creation: Mecca[63]

Why It Matters

Night of Power has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [64] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [65] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · TheaAlvaro · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'av', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'ce', 'ckb'
    Sitelink count → 82
    Instance of → recurring religious event, religious holiday
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  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Laylat al-Jaiza
    Country of origin → Hejaz
    Commemorates → Hira, Jabal al-Nour
    Genre → spiritual practice, religious activity
    + 41 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007560413305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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