May God forgive me and guide me regarding any sign that would have been misinterpreted in this study and elsewhere. May He always guide us to a better understanding of His profound scripture so we can purify ourselves and increase our knowledge.
Laylatul Qadr(the Night of Decree) is the night during which the Quran was revealed to our holy prophet Muhammad. For over than 1200 years, Muslims around the world have argued about its exact date and have remained in doubt to this day. Most Shias claim that it is the 23rd night; Sunni scholars point at various dates, for instance the 21st, and some of them believe by tradition that it is the 27th night of Ramadan. Hadith literature keeps them guessing saying that it is one of the last 10 odd nights of Ramadan. So, where is the truth? The answer is priceless since God tells us that the Night of Decree is better than 1000 months (97:3).
The Holy Quran is fully detailed (6:114, 7:52, 10:37): We do not need “hadiths other than God and His verses” (45:6) to instill doubt and lead people astray, and we will prove that the exact date is directly encoded in the Holy Quran in multiple ways.
We will first recapitulate how “Laylatul Qadr” (the night of decree) is symbolically coded in sura 97 (“the decree”), then explain why it is specifically coded as the 27th “night” of the 9th “moon” (Ramadan) in the verse structure of the Quran. We will then describe the profound way it is encoded in the 365 words “day” system, as well as in verse 54:1, which describes “the splitting of the moon”, as well as other systems. Finally, we will demonstrate that “laylatul Qadr” is part of the miracle of 19.
These proofs are so decisive that they will erase any doubt from the hearts of believers, God willing.
Another important issue which will be addressed will be to understand the full meaning of the Night of Decree in the Quran: We will show that it is the date when Gabriel and the angels descend and implement God’s decrees every single year on earth, and why it is likely to be the date God manifested His revelations to many prophets before Muhammad.
We will explain in the conclusion how to accurately calculate the beginning of the lunar month based on scientific observations while respecting the language of the Quran, which enables us to precisely determine the night of decree.
Table of contents:
1. The night of Decree coded in sura 97
2. The 27th night of the 9th moon and the 27th night of the 9th month
2.1 The 27th night of the 9th moon
2.2 27 words “day” from 17:78 to 21:33
2.3 The words “night” and “moon” reflect symbolically “the night of decree”
2.4 The 27th night of the 9th month
3. 262: Symbol of the day of “laylatul Qadr in the Holy Quran
3.1 The Night of Decree coded in the 365 words “day” system
3.1.1 The solar and lunar calendars are superimposed in the 365 words “day” system
3.1.2 The night of decree coded in the 365 words “day” system
3.2 The “splitting” of the moon in 54:1 pinpoints the night of decree (laylatoul qadr) in the lunar calendar
3.3 The night of decree coded through prime numbers
3.4 The night of decree and the Bismillah
3.5 Gematrical values of all expressions which refer to the night of decree
4. The night of decree is confirmed by the miracle of 19
5. Intersection between 27 and 9: a new perspective
6. Is the Night of Decree a past or recurring event?
Conclusion
1. The night of Decree coded in sura 97
Sura 97 (Al Qadr):
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
(1) Verily, We brought it down (the Quran) during the Night of Decree. (2) And what taught you what the Night of Decree is? (3) The Night of Decree is better than one thousand months. (4) The angels and the spirit (Gabriel) descend therein, upon permission of their Lord, [to carry out] every command. (5). Peaceful it is until the break of dawn.
1. The night of Decree coded in sura 97
The lunar month has a maximum of 30 days, 29 or 30 depending on the month. A lunar month has an exact duration of 29.53059 days.
Sura 97 has 30 words which symbolize the possible days of the month of Ramadan, the 9th lunar month.
The 27th word of sura “The Decree” is a feminine pronoun (هى = Hiya = it) which refers to “The Night of Decree”: (97:5) Peaceful it (27th word of the sura) is until the break of dawn.
If we count words from the end of sura 97, the 27th word is the first word “night” in the first verse, part of the expression “the Night of Decree”.
“Laylatul Qadr” (ليلة القدر = the Night of Decree) is a 9-letter expression (in this context an allegory for the 9th month) which occurs 3 times in the sura (3 × 9 = 27) and nowhere else in the Quran. Therefore, 27 letters compose “the night of Decree” in the entire sura, hinting at the fact it is the 27th night of the 9th month.
In the entire Quran, the expression “Laylatul Qadr” (ليلة القدر = the Night of Decree) occurs only in sura 97 in verses 1, 2 and 3:
97 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 103 = 27th prime number.
This is an allegorical sign that the sura and verse numbers point at the 27th night.
In the same way, if we include the unnumbered Bismillah in 97:0, sura 97 has 6 verses (1 unnumbered and 5 numbered):
sura 97 + 6 verses = 103 = 103 = 27th prime number.
In addition, the expression « laylatul Qadr » is mentioned for the last time in the Quran in verse 97:3. 97 is the 25th prime number and 3 is the second prime number:
25 + 2 = 27
We will build on this sign later and witness the way the day and month of the night of decree in the Islamic calendar are coded through prime numbers.
2. The 27th night of the 9th moon and the 27th night of the 9th month.
2.1 The 27th night of the 9th moon.
The Night of Decree is the 27th night of the 9th moon (Ramadan), for this reason, we are going to select verses where we find the 27th word “night” and the 9th word “moon” from the beginning of the Quran.
Verses where we find the 27 words “night” (singular) are the following: 2:164 (1); 2:187 (1); 2:274 (1); 3:27(2); 3:113 (1); 3:190 (1); 6:13 (1); 6:60 (1); 6:76 (1); 6:96 (1); 7:54 (1); 10:6 (1); 10:24 (1); 10:27 (1); 10:67 (1); 11:81 (1); 11:114 (1); 13:3 (1); 13:10 (1); 14:33 (1); 15:65 (1); 16:12 (1); 17:1 (1); 17:12 (2); 17:78 (1) (27th word “night”).
The 9 verses where we find the first 9 words “moon” are the following:
6:77 (1), 6:96 (1), 7:54 (1), 10:5 (1), 12:4 (1), 13:2 (1), 14:33 (1), 16:12 (1), 21:33 (1) (9th word “moon”).
In this study, words are counted exactly like for the miracle of the word “day” (there are 365 words “day” in the Quran, symbol of a solar year): Only “pure”, singular forms, not associated with any pronoun are counted.
There are 410 verses from 17:78 (occurrence of the 27th “night”) to 21:33 (9th occurrence of the “moon”):
incredibly, 410 is the gematrical value of “the night of decree”:
This is one of the many profound and straightforward Quranic signs which proves that the 27th night of the 9th moon is indeed “laylatul Qadr” (the night of decree, GV 410).
2.2 27 words “day” from 17:78 to 21:33
– From 17:78 to 21:33, there are 27 words “day” (يوم, pure singular form, symbol of a 24-hour period in the Quran). The lunar “day” in Islam starts at sunset with the apparition of the “night”. The most obvious evidence in the Quran is that the words “the night” (اليل) and “the daylight” (النهار) are very frequently mentioned conjointly as “the night” is the beginning of a lunar “Day”. “The night” is consistently and symbolically mentioned first throughout the entire Quran every time a verse deals with the idea of the alternation between the night and the day (for instance, “The night overtakes the daylight…” in 7:54, and tens of similar examples). For verification purposes, the 21 verses which contain the 27 words “day” between 17:78 and 21:33 are the following:
17:97 (1); 18:19 (2); 18:47 (1); 18:52 (1); 18:105 (1); 19:15 (3); 19:26 (1); 19:33 (3); 19:37 (1); 19:38 (2); 19:39 (1); 19:85 (1); 19:95 (1); 20:59 (1); 20:64 (1); 20:100 (1); 20:101; (1) 20:102 (1); 20:104 (1); 20:124 (1); 20:126 (1) = 27 words “day”.
2.3 The words “night” and “moon” reflect symbolically “the night of decree”
– The words “night” and “moon” are the very foundation of this profound system which unveils how “the night of Decree” (G.V. 410) is mathematically coded in the Quran. Let us very simply add gematrical values of both “night” and “moon”:
Night (ليل, G.V. 70) + Moon (قمر, G.V. 340)
= 410 = G.V. “Night of Decree”
2.4 The 27th night of the 9th month.
“The night of decree” is the 27th night of the 9th month. For this reason, we are going to select verses where we find the 27th “night” and the 9th “month” since the beginning of the Quran. The first nine words “month” are found in the following verses: 2:185 (2); 2:194 (2); 2:217 (1); 5:2 (1); 5:97 (1); 5:36 (1); 34:12 (1+1) (The first word “month” in 34:12 is the 9th word month).
Just like for the preceding system, we are going to count verses from 17:78 to 34:12:
There are exactly 1512 verses (both verses included):
1512 = 27 × 56 (G.V. of the word “day”).
We have just witnessed that there are 410 verses (G.V. “the Night of Decree”) from the 27th night to the 9th moon. This time, we learn that the 27th “night” of the 9th month corresponds symbolically to the beginning of the 27th “day” (GV 56).
The incidence of this mathematical phenomenon is crucial in Islam, because it shows allegorically that the 27th “day” (G.V. 56) of Ramadan starts with the advent of the 27th “night”: In Islam, lunar days begin at sunset, and we have here a Quranic confirmation. The new lunar month will start if and only if the new moon has risen before sunset. If the first lunar night were counted with the first moonrise occurring after sunset, the first lunar night wouldn’t be complete, and the Islamic calendar does not rely upon imprecision, or half nights, but on perfect whole numbers.
At the apparition of the new moon of Ramadan, if the new moon rises after sunset, we don’t fast the next day, and the first night of Ramadan begins the next day at sunset.
Thus, for instance, the 27th night of Ramadan cannot be the 26,5th or 26,97th night but will always be exactly the 27th night of Ramadan. It is a system that is perfect and never fails. There is no half-truth in Islam.
In tables 1 and 2, both words “night” and “month” are involved (symbolically when it comes to the word “moon”). It is noteworthy that the words “night” and “month” respectively begin and end verse 97:3. The two systems formed by 17:78 and 21:33 on the one hand, and 17:78 and 34:12 on the other hand thus follow the same pattern: First the 27th “night” (17:78), then the 9th “moon”/”month” (21:33/34:12).
Is it a coincidence, or a clue that “the night of decree” is meant to be coded in the Quran through the words “night” and “month” (symbolically when it comes to the word “moon”), as explained in this article? The sincere will appreciate, and this is a sample of the miraculous proofs which we are going to witness God willing.
3. 262: Symbol of the day of “laylatul Qadr in the Holy Quran
3.1 The Night of Decree coded in the 365 words “day” system.
3.1.1 The solar and lunar calendars are superimposed in the 365 words “day” system.
One of the great miracles of the Quran is that the pure singular form of the word “day” occurs 365 times, symbolizing an average solar year. The 365 words “day” system also functions like a calendar in the Quran, which comprises many secrets. One of those great secrets is that the night of decree is mathematically coded in a manner that is both logical and superhuman at the same time.
First, it is important to understand that beyond the fact that the entire 365 words “day” system symbolizes a solar year, the first 354 words “day” symbolize a lunar year, as there is an 11-day difference between the two calendars: 365 – 354 = 11. The 365 words “day” system is a superposition of the solar and lunar calendars. This fact was proven by discovering mathematical properties related to the gematrical values (G.V.) of the 365 words “day” (22781) which divided by the gematrical values of the first 354 words “day” (22103) provide a ratio that is exceptionally close to the one calculated by modern science:
22781 (G.V. of the 365 words “day”) / 22103 (G.V. of the first 354 words “day”) = 1.03067…
Solar/lunar ratio as established by modern science:
365.2425 /354.36708 = 1.03068…
The reader can study the article entitled “365 words day” for a lot more details and mathematical properties, available on this website. We will simply mention here in passing that in addition to the fact that the solar and lunar calendars are superimposed in the 365 words “day” system, the Quran provides two different words to define a solar year (سنة = sanat = GV 115) and a lunar year (‘âm = عام = GV 111). The ratio between the gematrical values of the two words is also a masterpiece from a statistical standpoint, because it respects the symbolical average ratio of 1.03 (primarily encoded in 18:25) between a solar and lunar year (365/354 = 1.031…):
Solar year (GV 115) / lunar year (GV 111) = 1.036… You can consult the article entitled “solar year/lunar year” on this website for a detailed explanation and additional mathematical properties.
It is also important to understand that the ratio established by modern science cannot be based on other than averages, since the length of any given solar or lunar year is always slightly different from the next by a few seconds or minutes. The ratio thus varies very slightly historically, which is why the Quran establishes averages, some of which are miraculously precise as we saw, in order to manifest signs to guide the sincere (365 words “day”, 30 words “days”, 12 words “month”, Solar year/lunar year = 115/111 = 1.036…, etc…).
3.1.2 The night of decree coded in the 365 words “day” system
Detail of the 365 singular forms of the word “day” = يوم/يوما/اليوم:
1:4 (1) ; 2:8 (1); 2:48 (1); 2:62 (1); 2:85 (1); 2:113 (1); 2:123 (1); 2:126 (1); 2:174 (1); 2:177 (1); 2:212 (1); 2:228 (1); 2:232 (1); 2:249 (1); 2:254 (1); 2:259 (2); 2:264 (1); 2:281 (1); 3:9 (1); 3:25 (1); 3:30 (1); 3:55 (1); 3:77 (1); 3:106 (1); 3:114 (1); 3:155 (1); 3:161 (1); 3:166 (1); 3:180 (1); 3:185 (1); 3:194 (1); 4:38 (1); 4:39 (1); 4:59 (1); 4:87 (1); 4:109 (1); 4:136 (1); 4:141 (1); 4:159 (1); 4:162 (1); 5:3 (2); 5:5 (1); 5:14 (1); 5:36 (1); 5:64 (1); 5:69 (1); 5:109 (1); 5:119 (1); 6:12 (1); 6:15 (1); 6:22 (1); 6:73 (2); 6:93 (1); 6:128 (1); 6:141 (1); 6:158 (1); 7:14 (1); 7:32 (1); 7:51 (1); 7:53 (1); 7:59 (1); 7:163 (2); 7:167 (1); 7:172 (1); 8:41 (2); 8:48 (1); 9:3 (1); 9:18 (1); 9:19 (1); 9:25 (1); 9:29 (1); 9:35 (1); 9:36 (1); 9:44 (1); 9:45 (1); 9:77 (1); 9:99 (1); 9:108 (1); 10:15 (1); 10:28 (1); 10:45 (1); 10:60 (1); 10:92 (1); 10:93 (1); 11:3 (1); 11:8 (1); 11:26 (1); 11:43 (1); 11:60 (1); 11:77 (1); 11:84 (1); 11:98 (1); 11:99 (1); 11:103 (2); 11:105 (1); 12:54 (1); 12:92 (1); 14:18 (1); 14:31 (1); 14:41 (1); 14:42 (1); 14:44 (1); 14:48 (1); 15:35 (1); 15:36 (1); 15:38 (1); 16:25 (1); 16:27 (2); 16:63 (1); 16:80 (2); 16:84 (1); 16:89 (1); 16:92 (1); 16:111 (1); 16:124 (1); 17:13 (1); 17:14 (1); 17:52 (1); 17:58 (1); 17:62 (1); 17:71 (1); 17:97 (1); 18:19 (2); 18:47 (1); 18:52 (1); 18:105 (1); 19:15 (3); 19:26 (1); 19:33 (3); 19:37 (1); 19:38 (2); 19:39 (1); 19:85 (1); 19:95 (1); 20:59 (1); 20:64 (1); 20:100 (1); 20:101 (1); 20:102 (1); 20:104 (1); 20:124 (1); 20:126 (1); 21:47 (1); 21:104 (1); 22:2 (1); 22:9 (1); 22:17 (1); 22:47 (1); 22:55 (1); 22:69 (1); 23:16 (1); 23:65 (1); 23:100 (1); 23:111 (1); 23:113 (2); 24:2 (1); 24:24 (1); 24:37 (1); 24:64 (1); 25:14 (1); 25:17 (1); 25:22 (1); 25:25 (1); 25:26 (1); 25:27 (1); 25:69 (1); 26:38 (1); 26:82 (1); 26:87 (1); 26:88 (1); 26:135 (1); 26:155 (1); 26:156 (1); 26:189 (2); 27:83 (1); 27:87 (1); 28:41 (1); 28:42 (1); 28:61 (1); 28:62 (1); 28:65 (1); 28:71 (1); 28:72 (1); 28:74 (1); 29:13 (1); 29:25 (1); 29:36 (1); 29:55 (1); 30:12 (1); 30:14 (1); 30:43 (1); 30:55 (1); 30:56 (2); 31:33 (1); 32:5 (1); 32:25 (1); 32:29 (1); 33:21 (1); 33:44 (1); 33:66 (1); 34:30 (1); 34:40 (1); 34:42 (1); 35:14 (1); 36:54 (1); 36:55 (1); 36:59 (1); 36:64 (1); 36:65 (1); 37:20 (1); 37:21 (1); 37:26 (1); 37:144 (1); 38:16 (1); 38:26 (1); 38:53 (1); 38:78 (1); 38:79 (1); 38:81 (1); 39:13 (1); 39:15 (1); 39:24 (1); 39:31 (1); 39:47 (1); 39:60 (1); 39:67 (1); 40:15 (1); 40:16 (2); 40:17 (2); 40:18 (1); 40:27 (1); 40:29 (1); 40:30 (1); 40:32 (1); 40:33 (1); 40:46 (1); 40:49 (1); 40:51 (1); 40:52 (1); 41:19 (1); 41:40 (1); 41:47 (1); 42:7 (1); 42:45 (1); 42:47 (1); 43:39 (1); 43:65 (1); 43:68 (1); 44:10 (1); 44:16 (1); 44:40 (1); 44:41 (1); 45:17 (1); 45:26 (1); 45:27 (1); 45:28 (1); 45:34 (1); 45:35 (1); 46:5 (1); 46:20 (2); 46:21 (1); 46:34 (1); 46:35 (1); 50:20 (1); 50:22 (1); 50:30 (1); 50:34 (1); 50:41 (1); 50:42 (2); 50:44 (1); 51:12 (1); 51:13 (1); 52:9 (1); 52:13 (1); 52:46 (1); 54:6 (1); 54:8 (1); 54:19 (1); 54:48 (1); 55:29 (1); 56:50 (1); 56:56 (1); 57:12 (2); 57:13 (1); 57:15 (1); 58:6 (1); 58:7 (1); 58:18 (1); 58:22 (1); 60:3 (1); 60:6 (1); 62:9 (1); 64:9 (3); 65:2 (1); 66:7 (1); 66:8 (1); 68:24 (1); 68:39 (1); 68:42 (1); 69:35 (1); 70:4 (1); 70:8 (1); 70:26 (1); 70:43 (1); 70:44 (1); 73:14 (1); 73:17 (1); 74:9 (1); 74:46 (1); 75:1 (1); 75:6 (1); 76:7 (1); 76:10 (1); 76:11 (1); 76:27 (1); 77:12 (1); 77:13 (1); 77:14 (1); 77:35 (1); 77:38 (1); 78:17 (1); 78:18 (1); 78:38 (1); 78:39 (1); 78:40 (1); 79:6 (1); 79:35 (1); 79:46 (1); 80:34 (1); 82:15 (1); 82:17 (1); 82:18 (1); 82:19 (1); 83:5 (1); 83:6 (1); 83:11 (1); 83:34 (1); 85:2 (1); 86:9 (1); 90:14 (1); 101:4 (1) = 365 × “day” (341 verses in the system).
The Quran is coded at multiple levels, and functions in a very logical and symbolical way: To determine which verse is the one where the “night of decree” (Laylatul Qadr) is coded, all we need to do is find the only verse in the system which mentions the revelation of the Quran, since it was revealed during that blessed night:
(42:7) And We thus revealed to you (O Muhammad) an Arabic Quran so you may warn the mother of the cities (Mecca) and all those around it, and warn about the Day (262nd occurrence in the Quran) of Summoning, for which there is no doubt: Some [will be sent] to Heaven, and some to the blazing fire.
Remark: The words “Quran” and “day” also intersect in 10:15, part of the 365 words “day” system, but the verse does not mention the revelation of the Quran, and must be disqualified anyway since it refers to “another Quran” than the one revealed to Muhammad (that is to say one that does not originate from God, or that is altered).
The first tremendous sign which points at the fact that verse 42:7 refers allegorically to the revelation of the Quran on the night of decree is that it is the 243rd verse of the 365 words “day” system (out of 341 verses):
243 = 27 × 9
This is just the beginning of the profound proofs which prove the date of the revelation of the Quran in this Quranic system, but the allegory is already clear:
The night of decree is the 27th “day” of the 9th lunar month (Ramadan).
Furthermore, it is extremely astonishing from a statistical standpoint that such a symbolically meaningful verse as the 243rd verse (27 × 9) would mention “the revelation of the Quran”: The word “Quran” occurs only 68 times in the entire Quranic text, and there is a total of 6236 verses; There is only a 1.09% chance that a verse taken randomly would contain the word “Quran” (68/6236×100). In addition, there are only 14 words “Quran” (at best) which specifically point out to the “revelation of the Quran”, which means that there is only a 0.22% chance that a verse taken randomly would mention “the revelation of the Quran” (14/6236×100). There is thus only approximately 2 chances out of 1000 that the 243rd verse (27 × 9) of the 365 words “day” system would specifically refer to the revelation of the Quran. Is it a coincidence, baseless numerology or an authentic sign originating from God? The next few paragraphs will provide us a most powerful answer.
We proved earlier mathematically that the lunar calendar of 354 days is symbolically superimposed on the solar calendar in the 365 words “day” system of the Quran. Let us now calculate which day of the lunar year is the most likely to correspond to the “night of decree”:
An average lunar month lasts exactly 29.530589 days. Since the month of Ramadan is the 9th month, the night of decree is 8 full lunar months + 27 days = (8 lunar months × 29.53) + 27 days = 236.24 + 27 = 263.24 days.
Since the lunar day starts at sunset, the new moon must occur before sunset and the moon must be present in the sky at least at some point before sunset for the first day of the lunar month to be taken into account (otherwise, the next sunset of the following day would be the beginning of the first day of the lunar year). Let us now imagine for instance that the first new moon of the lunar year occurred 12 hours before sunset or more. In such an example, the 27th night Ramadan would not be the 263rd day of the lunar year as theoretically calculated above, but the 262nd day.
We therefore have now all the elements to understand why it is so amazing that the 262nd word “day” (out of 365) occurs in 42:7 (which mentions the “revelation of the Quran”!), which is the first possible day for the night of decree to occur in the lunar calendar, and bearing in mind that 42:7 is the only verse referring to the Quran and its revelation in the entire 365 words “day” system!
(42:7) And We thus revealed to you (O Muhammad) an Arabic Quran, so you may warn the mother of the cities (Mecca) and all those around it, and warn about the Day (262nd occurrence of the word “day”) of Summoning, for which there is no doubt: Some [will be sent] to Heaven, and some to the blazing fire. (243rd verse of the 365 words day system = 27 × 9).
Furthermore, from 21:33 (which mentions the 9th word “moon” since the beginning of the Quran) until 42:47, the word “night” occurs 27 times:
21:33 (1), 21:42 (1), 22:61 (2), 23:80 (1), 24:44 (1), 25:47 (1), 25:62 (1), 27:86 (1), 28:71 (1), 28:72 (1), 28:73 (1), 30:23 (1), 31:29 (2), 34:33 (1), 35:13 (2), 36:37 (1), 36:40 (1), 37:138 (1), 39:5 (2), 39:9 (1), 40:61 (1), 41:37 (1), 41:38 (1) = 27 words “night”.
Symbolically speaking, we can say that “the night of decree”, which we already saw is coded in 42:7 in a truly miraculous manner, is indeed the 27th “night” starting from the 9th “moon” (Ramadan).
Let us summarize:
Remark: Even though the three possible gematrical values of the word “day” in the 365 “day” system are as diverse as 56, 57 and 87, the total of gematrical values of the word “day” up to 42:7 is 16389 and the total of the first 354 words “day” is 22103 (symbol of a lunar year). 16389/22103 = 0.7414830565986518: 0.7414830565986518 × 354.367056 (average lunar year) = 262.7571678407456. In other words, based on gematrical values, the ratio of the word “day” in 42:7 is also consistent with the 262nd “day”, first possible day for Laylatul Qadr.
3.2 The “splitting” of the moon in 54:1 pinpoints the night of decree (laylatoul qadr) in the lunar calendar
اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ
(54:1) The hour (day of judgment) has come closer, and the moon has split.
54:1 is the 20th occurrence of the word “moon” since the beginning of the Quran (out of 27 occurrences). Number 27 refers first and foremost to the 27 days that it takes for the moon to orbit the earth completely (sidereal month), even though it takes an average of 29.5 days for us to visually see the new moon reappear in the sky from the first lunar phase to the next first lunar phase from the earth vantage point (synodic month).
Several Quranic systems symbolize a year, for instance the 365 words “day” system or the 12 words “month”. The 12 words “month” consistently refer to a lunar month in the Quran, a simple allegoric proof being that there are 354 words “day” (average lunar year) between the first and last words “month”.
One of the secrets regarding the 27 words “moon” is that they also symbolize a 354-day lunar calendar in the Quran, as is suggested by verse 10:5 which points out that the sun and the moon enable us to count years and time in general:
هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ ضِيَاءً وَالْقَمَرَ نُورًا وَقَدَّرَهُ
مَنَازِلَ لِتَعْلَمُوا عَدَدَ السِّنِينَ وَالْحِسَابَ مَا خَلَقَ
اللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ يُفَصِّلُ الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ
(10:5) He is the one who established the sun as a radiant light, and the moon as a [reflected] light for which he determined phases, for you to know the number of years and the count [of time]. God did not create all this except in truth. He explains the signs for people who possess knowledge.
The representation of a lunar year with 27 words “moon” is logical since there are 354 days in a lunar year and indirectly reveals a Quranic sign:
The moon orbits the earth an average of 13 times per lunar year, and not 12 times like people who are unfamiliar with the sidereal cycle of the moon might think. Number 13 is thus the link or common denominator between the 27 words “moon” and a 354-day average lunar year:
27.3 days (average sidereal month) × 13 rotations around the earth = 354.9 lunar days (average lunar year is 354.36).
354.36 days (average lunar year) / 27.3 days (average sidereal month) = 12.98021978021978 rotations = 13 average revolutions of the moon around the earth in a lunar year.
The reader should bear in mind that the Quran operates exactly like science, especially when it comes to astronomy, that is to say by establishing averages, because a month or a lunar year is never exact to the next and variations can be quite substantial (a single synodic month can vary from 29.18 days to 29.93 days!), even though long term averages are remarkably stable. All this to say that people who would be tempted to criticize the fact that the Quran does not match precisely the averages established by science (such as 27 words “moon” or 365 words “day”) would only reveal their complete ignorance of scientific facts and or disingenuous behavior as the Quran indicates averages through a number of very carefully chosen words (day, days, moon, sun, month, etc…) and you simply can’t split words in thirds or halves.
In addition, we explained earlier how the Holy Quran encoded a miraculously precise ratio between a solar and lunar year in the 365 words “day” system.
Therefore, encoding 27 words “moon” in the Quran to symbolically represent an average lunar year of 354 days implies prior knowledge of the fact that there is an average of 13 revolutions of the moon around the earth in a lunar year.
Therefore, assuming that the 27 words “moon” represent symbolically one entire lunar year, we have to see verse 54:1 (the “splitting of the moon”) as being particularly meaningful as it acknowledges a key “separation” or “division” in the lunar calendar: 54:1 is the 20th occurrence of the word “moon” out of 27, therefore, we can “divide” the 20th word “moon” by 27 to pinpoint a particular day in the 354 day lunar calendar :
20/27 = 0.7407407407407407
There are 354.367056 days in the lunar calendar (precise average ratio calculated by modern science), so let’s multiply this ratio by the number of days in a lunar year:
354.367056 × 0.7407407407407407 = 262.4941155555555 days = 262nd day of the lunar year = first possible night for the night of decree
We can also calculate in the following manner: The average lunar year is 354 days:
354 × 0.7407407407407407 = 262.222… days.
We proved in the previous section that the 262nd day of the lunar calendar happens to be the first possible night for the night of decree in the lunar calendar (Laylatul Qadr, the 27th night of Ramadan, and date of the revelation of the Holy Quran), which the Quran says is more important than 1000 lunar months (97:3).
54:1 symbolically “splits” or “divides” the lunar calendar of 354 days (symbolized by the “moon”) pointing with the utmost precision at Laylatul Qadr! In other words, laylatul Qadr is located at 20/27th into the lunar year (the 262nd day), which is the earliest possible day for Laylatul Qadr (the night of decree).
Given the fact that “the night of decree” is “more important than 1000 lunar months” (97:3), is this a coincidence if the lunar calendar of 354 days (allegorically represented here with 27 words “moon”) is symbolically divided in 54:1 around the most important date (laylatul Qadr) in the Islamic calendar by far? People of faith will appreciate.
3.3 The night of decree coded through prime numbers:
The two words “laylatul Qadr”(GV 410 = the 27th night) and “Ramadan” (GV 1091 = the 9th month = 182nd prime number) provide an accurate description of the date of the night of decree in the lunar calendar as they pinpoint both the day and the month. There are 80 prime numbers between 0 and 410 (GV Laylatul Qadr) and there are 182 prime number between 0 and 1091 (GV “Ramadan”):
80 (prime numbers related to “laylatul Qadr”) + 182 (prime numbers related to “Ramadan”) = 262 = first possible day for the night of decree in the lunar calendar
This is the THIRD time (after the 365 words “day” system and the “splitting of the moon” system) that we are witnessing the extraordinary fact that “the night of decree” is encoded in significant Quranic systems as the 262nd night of the lunar year, and which corresponds to the first possible night for the night of decree in the lunar calendar!
Putting it differently, adding gematrical values of “Laylatul Qadr” (410) and “Ramadan” (1091) generates a multiple of 19, and the first possible day of the lunar year for “laylatul Qadr” (262) is directly encoded at a parallel level through prime numbers related to the gematrical values of the day (Laylatul Qadr, GV 410) and month (Ramadan, GV 1091) the Quran was revealed! This is truly a very profound and significant sign for whoever has eyes to see.
Remark: 97:3 is the last occurrence of the word “night” in the Quran.
3.4 The night of decree and the Bismillah
The Bismillah (بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم = In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, GV 786) is the very first verse ever revealed to the holy prophet on laylatul Qadr :
786 = 262 × 3
We are now familiar with the significance of number 262, which symbolizes the first possible day for “Laylatul Qadr” in the Muslim calendar, bearing in mind that the expression occurs 3 times in the Quran. The Quran is infinitely deep (18:109), and in the light of what we have witnessed, I believe that it simply means that the Bismillah contains the date of the night of decree (786 = 262 × 3) in its genetic code.
There is evidently one chance out of 262 for the Bismillah to be multiple of 262 coincidentally.
3.5 Gematrical values of all expressions which refer to the night of decree
In the entire Quran, four expressions refer directly to the 27th night of Ramadan:
– “Laylatul Qadr” (ليلة القدر, GV 410) occurs three times in 97:1, 97:2 and 97:3.
– “Laylatan Moubarakatan” (ليلة مبركة, the blessed night, GV 342) is mentioned once in 44:3.
The total of gematrical values of the four expressions which refer to “laylatul Qadr” is therefore :
(410 × 3) + 342 = 1572 = 262 × 6
Once again, we find number 262, which is the first possible day for “Laylatoul Qadr”! Is this once again a coincidence? At one point, one has to submit to the truth.
Furthermore, three pronouns refer directly to the night of decree in the Holy Quran:
They are “ha” (ها, GV 6) in 97:4 and 44:3, and “Hiya” (هى, GV 15) in 97:5:
ها (GV 6)+ ها (GV 6) + هى (GV 15) = 27.
Needless to say, the night of decree is the 27th night of Ramadan.
4. The night of decree is confirmed by the miracle of 19:
We witnessed in part 1 that “Laylatul Qadr” (ليلة القدر = the Night of Decree) is a 9 letter expression (an allegory for the 9th month) which occurs 3 times in sura 97 (3 × 9 = 27): Therefore, 27 letters compose “the night of Decree” in the entire sura, hinting at the fact it is the 27th night of the 9th month.
We also explained that in the entire Quran, the expression “Laylatul Qadr” (ليلة القدر = the Night of Decree) occurs only in sura 97 in verses 1, 2 and 3:
97 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 103 = 27th prime number
This is a clear sign that sura 97 and its verse numbers where “the night of decree” is mentioned allegorically point at the 27th night.
The miracle of 19
The miracle of 19 described in 74:30-31 is a reality of the Quran and symbolically confirms that the “night of decree” is the 27th night of Ramadan:
Let us now add the gematrical value of “Laylatul Qadr” (ليلة القدر = the Night of Decree, GV 410) to the sura and verse numbers:
97 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 410 = 513 = 19 × 27
We saw that 97 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 103 = 27th prime number. Let us add number 27 to the gematrical value of “laylatul Qadr”:
27 + 410 = 437 = 19 × 23
In other words, “the night of decree” connected to its correct position in the month of Ramadan (number 27) generates a multiple of 19.
“The night of decree” (ليلة القدر = laylatul Qadr, GV 410) is the 27th night of the month of “Ramadan” (رمضان, GV 1091):
laylatul Qadr(GV 410) + Ramadan (GV 1091)
= 1501 = 19 × 79
Remark: From 74:30 (which mentions number 19 and its miracle) to 97:3 (last mention of “Laytatul Qadr”) there are 604 numbered verses and 23 unnumbered Bismillahs:
604 numbered verses + 23 unnumbered Bismillahs = 627 verses = 19 × 33.
Two expressions designate the 27th night of Ramadan in the entire Quran: “Laylatul Qadr” (ليلة القدر, 97:1, 2, 3, GV 410) and “laylatan mubarakat” (ليلة مبركة = the blessed night, 44:3. GV 342 = 19 × 18).
Let us add these two expressions to the word “Ramadan”:
410 (ليلة القدر = Laylatul Qadr) + 342 (ليلة مبركة = the blessed night) + 1091 (رمضان, = Ramadan) = 1843 = 19 × 97.
The factor associated with 19 is 97, with is the number of surat “al qadr”.
If we add gematrical values of all verses which refer to laylatul Qadr in the entire Quran as either “laylatul Qadr” (97:1-3), “laylatan mubarakatan” (44:3) and the three pronouns which refer to it (97:4-5, 44:4), the total gematrical value of these 7 verses is the following:
1800 (GV 44:3) + 855 (GV 44:4) + 695 (GV 97:1) + 733 (GV 97:2) + 1926 (GV 97:3) + 2351 (GV 97:4) + 1026 (GV 97:5) = 9386 = 2 × 13 × 19 × 19 = 19 × 494.
494 is the gematrical value of ummul kitab » (ام الكتب = “the mother of the book”, which is an attribute of sura 1 mentioned in 13:39).
The gematrical value of the very last verse which refers to the night of decree in the Quran is 1026 (GV 97:5: Peaceful it is, until the advent of the dawn):
1026 (GV 97:5) = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 19 = 19 × 27 × 2.
The 19 based relationship between the night of decree and 1000 months
The last verse in the Quran that mentions “laylatul Qadr” by name is verse 97:3 which states that “the night of decree is better than 1000 months”. There is obviously a strong mathematical relationship between “laylatul Qadr” (GV 410) and “1000 months” (أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ, GV 616) according to the verse, therefore, let us add these gematrical values:
410 (GV of “laylatul Qadr) + 616 (GV of “1000 months”) = 1026 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 19 = 19 × 27 × 2.
It is interesting that the above result is equal to the gematrical value of 97:5, last verse of sura 97. Obviously, 1026 is both multiple of 19 and 27, which is the day of the night of decree.
5. Intersection between 27 and 9: a new perspective.
27/9, in this order, is a simple way to write the “27th night of Ramadan” (the 9th lunar month). Let us very simply select the only verse in the Quranic numbering system where we find the sequence between numbers 27 and 9 (in this order):
(27:9) O Moses, verily this is Me, God, the Almighty, Most wise.
27:9 is a very special moment in the history of mankind, as it is the first time that God spoke directly to Moses: It is the first revelation to him. The fact that God spoke directly to Moses may be the only time God spoke directly to a human prophet according to 4:164.
By comparison, Muhammad evidently received the first revelation on 27/9 through the mediation of Gabriel. Is it a coincidence?
The context of verse 27:9 shows that Moses saw a fire on the mountain (27:7). It is unlikely he would have seen a fire during the day (because the fire in question probably did not generate any smoke) and implies that it was sunset or nighttime when God spoke to him. It is also interesting that verse 27:9 has 27 letters. It is quite similar to the fact that the 27th letter in 17:78 (where we find the 27th word “night” since the beginning of the Quran) is the letter “L” (GV 30), first letter of the 27th word “night” (ليل = Layl), which is in my opinion also a sign that the night of decree is indeed the 27th “night”.
The lunar calendar did not start with Muhammad and predates him by hundreds of millions of years:
(9:36) Indeed the count of months decreed by God is twelve, (as acknowledged) in the book of God, from the day he created the heavens and the earth. Four among them are sacred. This is the upright religion, so do not wrong your souls in this regard. And fight the polytheists in unison as they fight you in unison. And know that God is with the righteous.
It is Abraham who received the original rites of Islam as we know them today, including the fast of Ramadan.
(2:183) Ô you who believe, fasting has been decreed upon you (second person plural), as it has upon those before you, so that you may learn self-restraint.
The fast of Ramadan in the Bible?
Jeremiah 36:9 possibly provides us an important piece of information regarding the fact that Hebrews originally used to fast during the 9th lunar month, just like it was originated by Abraham:
(Jeremiah 36:9) And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before Jehovah, for all the people in Jerusalem, and for all the people that came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.
One of the many reasons why we fast during Ramadan is that it is the month the Quran was revealed:
(2:185) The month of Ramadan is the one during which the Quran was revealed to guide humankind. It is a proof to manifest the right path and establish the distinction (between right and wrong). Whoever among you witnesses this month shall fast. Whoever is ill or traveling will have to substitute the (same) number of days (afterwards). God intends to ease (things for you) and not cause you any difficulty, so that you can accomplish the prescribed period, glorify God for having guided you, as well as to express your thankfulness.
It is likely that believers in biblical times fasted during the 9th lunar month because 27/9 has always been the night of revelation for Abraham, Moses, and all the prophets, in addition to be the very special night that the angels and Gabriel descend to carry out God’s commands every year. Gabriel mediated the revelation for Muhammad: Isn’t it likely that he mediated the revelation for other prophets every time he comes down to earth on 27/9 (97:4)? It is very interesting that the gematrical value of “the spirit” (الرُّوحُ) in 97:4 is 245, which is the same as “Gabriel” (جبريل = G.V. 245).
6. Is the Night of Decree a past or recurring event?
Let us read again sura 97:
(97:1) Verily, We brought it down (the Quran) during the Night of Decree.
The first verse is in the past tense and clearly indicates a past event (the revelation of the Quran).
Then from verse 2, and aside from the revelation of the Quran, sura 97 explains precisely and more broadly what the Night of Decree is:
(97:2) And what shall make you understand what the Night of Decree is?
(97:3) The Night of Decree is better than one thousand months.
Verse 3 is a nominal phrase (no verb), which indicates the present tense. The first question we should ask is: “If the Night of Decree were a once in human history event rather than a yearly event, why doesn’t the verse say: “The Night of Decree was better than 1000 months”?
The imperfect tense in 97:4: The key to understand what the Night of Decree really is:
(97:4) The angels and the spirit (Gabriel) descend therein, upon permission of their Lord, (to carry out) every command.
97:4 is in the imperfect tense, which is the equivalent in English of the present tense, which implies that it does not specifically describe a past event such as the revelation of the Quran.
The Arabic imperfect tense deals with actions that are still in progress or repetitive, for instance things that we do every day or are recurrent.
To define precisely the usage of the imperfect tense in 97:4 and what it implies, we are going to study examples of the same verb in the same imperfect tense in other verses; First, let us analyze 97:4:
(97:4) “The angels and the spirit (Gabriel) descend (تنزل = tanazzalu) therein (the Night of Decree), upon permission of their Lord, (to carry out) every command.”
The exact same verb in the imperfect tense (same third person of the singular =تنزل = tanazzalu) is mentioned twice in 26:221-222:
(26:221) Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend (tanazzalu)?
(26:222) They descend (tanazzalu) upon every guilty falsifier.
Just like in 97:4, 26:221-222 do not describe an action that occurs just once, but which has been reoccurring in the history of mankind: The devils will keep on descending on the falsifiers until the Day of Judgment.
Verse 65:12: The key
65:12 is the most appropriate verse to understand what 97:4 is really about, because not only does it use the same verb and the same imperfect tense, but exactly like 97:4, it describes how the “command” (امر = “Amr” = same word used in 97:4 and 65:12) descends on planet earth, as well as on planets similar to ours:
(65:12) God is the one who created seven heavens, and a similar (number) of earths; the decree/command (“Amr” = same word as in 97:4) continues to descend (yatanazzalu, same verb, same tense as in 97:4)) among them, that you may know that God has power over all things and that God indeed encompasses all things in (His) knowledge.
Remark: 65:12 inform us clearly that there is life on seven planets that are similar to planet earth (found in seven universes) where God’s commands descend to sustain life and implement His master plan. Another possible explanation for number seven in this verse is that it means “a great number” of earths, as number seven can also imply multiplicity (an indefinite very large number) instead of the actual number seven. This could therefore indicate that there is a great number of inhabited planets in the universe that are similar to planet earth, rather than just seven. And God knows best.
We saw that the verb “nazala” (to descend) in the imperfect tense proves by definition that the action repeats itself year after year: The Night of Decree (the 27th “night” of the 9th “moon”) is therefore not just the one night during which the Quran was revealed but more broadly the night where “the angels and the spirit descend on earth to carry out every command” every single year.
This yearly event has started with the creation of planet earth, the moon and the beginning of the 12 lunar month calendar (9:36) and will keep on repeating itself until the Day of Judgment. The Night of Decree has occurred tens of millions of times since the creation of planet earth, and the revelation of the Quran was only a very small part of the “commands” delivered on planet earth even on the blessed night Muhammad received the visit of Gabriel. Gabriel simply had the extra duty of revealing the Quran to Muhammad in 610 CE, in addition to his habitual duties, while “the angels” (who were not involved in the revelation of the Quran per 26:193 and 16:102) were simply descending God’s commands as they always do every year:
(16:102) Proclaim: “The Holy Spirit (Gabriel) sent it down on behalf of your Lord with the truth, in order to strengthen (the faith) of those who believe, as well as a guide and good news for the Muslims”.
(26:193) The faithful spirit came down with it.
Let us not invent what the Quran does not say: When it comes to 97:1 (Verily, We brought it down (the Quran) during the Night of Decree.), Gabriel mediated God’s revelation to Muhammad, and “the angels” are not mentioned as part of the process of revelation on the Night of Decree anywhere in the Quran. This is an additional proof that 97:4 is not related to a past event that does not repeat itself: Would it make sense for Gabriel to mediate the revelation while “the angels” in 97:4 descended God’s commands (something different from the revelation of the Quran) only on the Night of Decree in 610 CE? The usage of the imperfect tense in 97:4 (an action which continues in the present and repeats itself) obviously rules out completely such an interpretation anyway as we saw.
Now that the profound meaning of the Night of Decree is, God willing, clarified, we can better appreciate why the Night of Decree is incontrovertibly coded in the Quran as the “27th night of the 9th moon/month”: No year is part of the way it is coded in the Quran, and for a good reason: Every 27/9 is the “Night of Decree”.
In the end, every believer who is incredibly fortunate to glorify God during that night does so during a night which is more important than 1000 lunar months (1000/12 = 83.333 lunar years: It is therefore better than 83 lunar years and 4 months!). It is the incredible power of multiplication of the blessed night, and it is why it is such a good thing to intensely pray and reap the benefits of the Night of Decree on the very night God showers planet earth with His blessings and carries out His plan, for which we should be infinitely grateful.
People who celebrate the Night of Decree as an anniversary of the revelation of the Quran should instead look at the big picture of its real meaning.
Is there any ritual associated with 27/9, or any obligation to glorify God during that night? Absolutely not. It is simply up to everyone to evaluate what his or her best interest in the light of the Holy Quran is.
Conclusion:
– It is an understatement to say that it is in our best interest to spend the Night of Decree in prayers and meditation as “Laylatul Qadr” is a night which is better than 1000 lunar months. It is a very special occasion to pray and glorify God and be thankful to Him as He showers planet earth with His blessings and implements His master plan for the year to come.
The signs described in this study prove in an incontrovertible manner the date of “the night of decree”:
– The night of Decree (ليلة القدر) is divinely coded as the 27th night of the 9th lunar month (Ramadan): There are 410 verses (gematrical value of “the Night of Decree”) between 17:78 (the 27th word “Night”) and 21:33 (the 9th word “Moon”), both verses included: This implies that the final order of suras and verses – which were revealed in a different order – is in accordance with God’s plan. It is one of many signs that show that the numbering system in the Hafs version is the one originally designed by God, while the Warsh version (for instance) is a corruption of God’s word as the number of verses between 17:78 and 21:33 is widely different. It proves that the divinely established lunar calendar based on 12 lunar months (9:36) is not only a reality in Islam, but that Ramadan (2:185) is the 9th “moon”.
– Adding the gematrical values of the words “night” and “moon” which are the foundation of the system which identifies 410 verses from the 27th “night” to the 9th “moon”, we get:
Night (ليل, G.V. 70) + Moon (قمر, G.V. 340) = 410 = gematrical value of “the Night of Decree”.
– From 17:78 (27th word “night”) to 21:33 (9th word “moon”) there are 27 words “day” (يوم, pure singular form, symbol of a 24-hour period in the Quran). This illustrates the fact that the lunar “day” in Islam starts at sunset with the apparition of the “night”.
– Similarly, “the night of decree” is the 27th “night” of the 9th lunar “month”.
There are 1512 verses from 17:78 (27th word “night”) to 34:12 (the 9th word “month”):
1512 = 27 × 56 (GV “day”). This demonstrates that “the night of decree” (the 27th night of the 9th lunar “month”) occurs on the 27th “day”, allegorically proving that the day starts at sunset in Islam.
– The night of decree is profoundly encoded in the 365 word “day” system:
– 42:7 is the only verse of the 365 word “day” system which mentions the revelation of the Quran. (2 chances out of 1000 statistically).
– 42:7 is the 243rd verse of the system = 27 × 9.
– 42:7 mentions the 262nd word “day” since the beginning of the Quran which is the first possible day in the lunar year for the night of decree.
– From 21:33 (9th word “moon”) until 42:7 (262nd word “day” and symbol of the night of decree), the word “night” occurs 27 times.
– Verse 54:1 mentions “the splitting of the moon”. Assuming that the 27 words “moon” in the Quran symbolically represent an entire lunar year of 354 days (symbolizing the lunar calendar), we have to see verse 54:1 as being particularly meaningful as it acknowledges a key “separation” or “division” in the lunar calendar: 54:1 is the 20th occurrence of the word “moon” out of 27, therefore, we can “divide” the 20th word “moon” by 27 to pinpoint a particular day in the lunar calendar :
20/27 = 0.7407407407407407
There are an average of 354.367056 days in the lunar calendar (precise average ratio calculated by modern science), so let’s multiply this ratio by the number of days in a lunar year:
354.367056 × 0.74074074 = 262.49 days = 262nd day of the lunar year = first possible night for the night of decree. This proves that the key “separation” in 54:1 symbolically points at “the night of decree”, the most important night in the Muslim lunar calendar, more important than 1000 lunar months (97:3).
– “Laylatul Qadr” (ليلة القدر = the Night of Decree) is a 9-letter expression (an allegory for the 9th lunar month) which occurs 3 times in sura 97 (and nowhere else in the Quran): Therefore, 27 letters compose “the night of Decree” in the entire sura, hinting at the fact it is the 27th night of the 9th month.
– The expression “Laylatul Qadr” (ليلة القدر = the Night of Decree) occurs only in sura 97 in verses 1, 2 and 3:
97 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 103 = 27th prime number, hinting at the fact that “laylatul Qadr” is the 27th night.
– The miracle of 19 is described in 74:30-31 and is a reality of the Quran and symbolically confirms that the “night of decree” is the 27th night of Ramadan:
Let’s add the gematrical value of “Laylatul Qadr” (GV 410) to the sura 97 and verses number 1, 2, and 3:
97 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 410 = 513 = 19 × 27.
– We saw that 97 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 103 = 27th prime number. Let us add number 27 to the gematrical value of “laylatul Qadr”: 27 + 410 = 437 = 19 × 23.
– “The night of decree” (ليلة القدر = laylatul Qadr, GV 410) is the 27th night of the month of “Ramadan” (رمضان, GV 1091): laylatul Qadr (GV 410) + Ramadan (GV 1091) = 1501 = 19 × 79.
– The gematrical value of the very last verse which refers to the night of decree in the Quran is 1026 (GV 97:5: Peaceful it is, until the advent of the dawn) = 1026 (GV 97:5) = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 19 = 19 × 27 × 2.
– The last verse in the Quran that mentions “laylatul Qadr” by name is verse 97:3 which states that “the night of decree is better than 1000 months”. There is obviously a strong mathematical relationship between “laylatul Qadr” (GV 410) and “1000 months” (أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ, GV 616) according to the verse, therefore, let us add these gematrical values: 410 (GV of “laylatul Qadr) + 616 (GV of “1000 months”) = 1026 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 19 = 19 × 27 × 2.
– The night of decree is profoundly coded through prime numbers:
The two words “laylatul Qadr” (GV 410 = the 27th night) and “Ramadan” (GV 1091 = the 9th month = 182nd prime number) provide an accurate description of the date of the night of decree in the lunar calendar as they pinpoint both the day and the month. There are 80 prime numbers between 0 and 410 (GV Laylatul Qadr) and there are 182 prime number between 0 and 1091 (GV “Ramadan”):
80 + 182 = 262 = first possible day for the night of decree in the lunar calendar.
Putting it differently, the first possible day of the lunar year for “laylatul Qadr” (262) is directly encoded through prime numbers related to the day (Laylatul Qadr, GV 410) and month (Ramadan, GV 1091) the Quran was revealed!
In the entire Quran, four expressions refer directly to the 27th night of Ramadan:
– “Laylatul Qadr” (ليلة القدر, GV 410) occurs three times in 97:1, 97:2 and 97:3.
– “Laylatan Mubarakatan” (ليلة مبركة, the blessed night, GV 342) is mentioned once in 44:3.
The total of gematrical values of the four expressions which refer to “laylatul Qadr” is therefore (410 × 3) + 342 = 1572 = 262 × 6. 262 is the first possible day of the lunar year for “laylatul Qadr”.
– The first time God spoke to Moses is in verse 27:9, which is composed of 27 letters and is likely a sign that God spoke to Moses on 27th night of the 9th lunar month (Ramadan).
This article proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that “laylatul Qadr” (the night of decree) is miraculously encoded in the Holy Quran in multiple ways in significant systems. As a side note, the Quranists who deny the Islamic lunar calendar and claim that the Quranic calendar is a solar calendar for various reasons are divinely exposed by the miracles described in this study. They will have to explain to God on the Day of Judgment why they rejected the proofs and preferred to follow their own egos if they refuse to reevaluate their beliefs. They are corruptors of Islam, not purifiers or reformers as they claim.
How to always accurately calculate the first day of the lunar month and therefore the 27th night of Ramadan?
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْأَهِلَّةِ قُلْ هِيَ مَوَاقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَالْحَجِّ
وَلَيْسَ الْبِرُّ بِأَن تَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِن ظُهُورِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنِ
اتَّقَىٰ وَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِنْ أَبْوَابِهَا وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
(2:189) They ask you about the appearances [of new moons]: Say: “They are precise markers [to determine time] for mankind, and the pilgrimage (Hajj). It is not righteousness for you to enter homes from their rear; on the contrary, righteous is the one who fears God and enters homes from their [front] door. Fear God, that you may succeed.
Sincere readers will now know for a fact, God willing, that “laylatul Qadr” is the 27th night of Ramadan. But it is equally crucial to understand when to start counting the first night of Ramadan because you will otherwise often misidentify the “blessed night”. People who follow hadiths and rely on moon sightings will not be able to pinpoint accurately the 27th night of Ramadan except occasionally because they do not rely on science and the precise language of the Quran, and most of the time start fasting a day later than they should: Verse 2:189 mentions “the appearances” [of the new moons] which is a word broad enough to allow the first visible lunar crescent, a solar eclipse, or the time of the new moon when the moon is present in the sky depending on the level of scientific advancement of a Muslim society.
Since the creation of planet earth and the moon, the earliest time to witness the beginning of the lunar month has always been a solar eclipse. A solar eclipse occurs exactly at what is called by astronomers the “new moon”, which is the exact time when the sun and the moon are vertically aligned in the sky from a given point on earth.
2:189 mentions the words “ahillat” (الْأَهِلَّة = appearances), meaning that the new moon must literally “appear”, that is to say at least be present in the sky before sunset (the beginning of the lunar day in Islam) even if you do not necessarily see it to the naked eye. God’s system does not change (33:62, 35:43, 48:23): Since the moon has always been visible at the exact time of the new moon during a solar eclipse, it therefore allows us to take the exact time of the new moon as a point of reference, if and only if the moon is at least present in the sky at some point before sunset relying upon the precise meaning of the word “appearances” in 2:189.
Moon sightings are not as reliable and precise as the time of the new moon and were the best way for centuries to start counting the first day of the month; we now have in this modern era a perfect system taking the exact time of the new moon as a point of reference. If the time of the new moon (with the moon being present in the sky) occurs after sunset, even by one minute, the first day of the month will start the next day at sunset. If you rely on this precise method of calculation, you will always be able to calculate accurately the first day of the lunar month, and therefore pinpoint correctly the 27th night of Ramadan, God willing.
(41:53) We shall show them Our portents on the horizons and within themselves until it will be manifest unto them that it is the Truth. Does not your Lord suffice, that He is Witness over all things?