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The benefits available to us on this night are innumerous and it is therefore said that "The Night of Qadr is better than a thousand months". The Prophet of Allah said: "He who sincerely and devotedly worships Allah on this Night, all his past sins will be forgiven". On yet another occasion our Prophet said: "In this month there comes a night which is better than a thousand months. He who stays away from this night is deprived of all the innumerous benefits. None but the unfortunate and misguided ones are deprived of the immense virtues of this night". When asked: "What should one pray for on this night", the Prophet said: "Say to your Lord, your Creator: 'O Allah! You are most Forgiving, and forgiving is what You like most; so disregard my errors and forgive me all my sins'."
The Glory and Majesty of this night cannot be explained in any human terms. This Night is an opportunity to open out our hearts unto Him Who revealed the Holy Qur'an to Prophet Muhammad, who, in turn, passed on Allah's Message to the people. Reminding the believers of the Holy Institution of Imamat, he had said: "I am leaving behind me two things. The Holy Qur'an and my posterity. Verily if you follow them both you will never go astray. Both are tied with a long rope and cannot be separated till the Day of Judgment." This night is therefore, not only the Anniversary Night of the Holy Qur'an, but it is also the Anniversary of Hazrat Nabi Muhammad's Prophethood and that of the dawn of the period of Manifest Imamat.
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