Laylat al-Qadr vigil

Laylat al-qadr is a noble, blessed, exalted, preferred night. It was so named, it is said, because what will be in that year — good and provision — is decreed on it; or because qadr here means constriction, for it is concealed; or judgment and decree, for what the angels write on it of provisions and lifespans. The majority hold the "blessed night" of "We sent it down on a blessed night… on it every wise matter is resolved" is laylat al-qadr, not mid-Sha'ban. ^{1 2}

The jurists hold it the best of nights: "laylat al-qadr is better than a thousand months." ²