{"id":2542,"date":"2015-07-08T20:36:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T00:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/?p=2542"},"modified":"2015-07-08T20:36:19","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T00:36:19","slug":"layatul-qadr-1436h-ibadat-as-jihad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2015\/07\/layatul-qadr-1436h-ibadat-as-jihad.html","title":{"rendered":"Layatul Qadr 1436H &#8211; ibadat as jihad"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1731\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1731\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/75\/2012\/08\/laylatul-qadr.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/75\/2012\/08\/laylatul-qadr.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"laylatul qadr\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1731\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Qur&#8217;an 97:1-5; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahadalquran.com\/Tilawat\/HSBS%20RM\/97.rm\">recitation by Husain bhaisaheb Saifuddin DM<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of Power; And what will explain to thee what the night of Power is? The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. Therein come down the angels and the Spirit by Allah\u2019s permission, on every errand of Peace. This until the rise of morn!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In just five brief verses, the Qur&#8217;an reveals the purpose of the Night of Power &#8211; an amplification of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2015\/07\/ibadat-in-ramadan-process-as-piety.html\">ibadat<\/a> at the very summit of Ramadan. We submit to its power as we stay awake all night in prayer &#8211; every act magnified a thousandfold. <\/p>\n<p>Different schools of thought in Islam disagree on when Laylatul Qadr occurs, but all agree that this is the marathon for which the rest of Ramadan prepared us &#8211; not physically, but spiritually and mentally. On this night, we are surrounded by Allah&#8217;s angels on their errands of peace. And we strive to join them &#8211; asymptotically, towards an ideal of perfection we as mortal humans cannot ever truly attain, but towards which we can always move. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2011\/08\/ramadan-the-month-of-jihad.html\">Ramadan is the month of Jihad<\/a>, and Laylatul Qadr is the pinnacle and epitome of our jihad. <\/p>\n<p>I never achieve what I hope to achieve, but I do achieve something. And that is the entire point. <\/p>\n<p>Laylatul Qadr mubarak!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of Power; And what will explain to thee what the night of Power is? The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. Therein come down the angels and the Spirit by Allah\u2019s permission, on every errand of Peace. This until the rise of morn!&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[24,403,93,46],"class_list":["post-2542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-pillars-of-faith","tag-islam","tag-jihad","tag-laylatul-qadr","tag-ramadan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Layatul Qadr 1436H - ibadat as jihad - City of Brass<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Layatul Qadr 1436H - ibadat as jihad - City of Brass\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of Power; And what will explain to thee what the night of Power is? 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