🌙 A Reflection on Laylatul Qadr, could it be a different night for each one of us?🌙
Last night was the 25th night of Ramadan. I felt something, a softness in my soul, a special kind of stillness I can’t quite describe. I found myself wondering: Was that Laylatul Qadr?
But then another thought entered my heart...
What if someone else felt that same depth on the 21st night? Or will feel it on the 27th? That’s when a new question emerged in my mind:
Could it be that Allah, in His wisdom and mercy, made Laylatul Qadr uniquely personal, a hidden night for each sincere heart seeking it? A moment divinely placed, not bound to one single calendar night, but to the night that you truly turn to Him with your whole heart?
I searched for answers, and while there are clear hadiths guiding us to seek Laylatul Qadr during the last odd nights of Ramadan, like this one:
"Seek it in the last ten days, on the odd nights."
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
I couldn’t find a definitive proof that it must be one objective night for everyone. So perhaps it is hidden not only in time, but in experience, in our hearts.
After all, Allah says:
“Indeed, We sent the Qur’an down during the Night of Decree.”
Qur’an 97:1
"إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ"
And:
“The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.”
Qur’an 97:3
"لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ"
And finally:
“Peace it is until the emergence of dawn.”
Qur’an 97:5
"سَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ"
So maybe that night is one fixed night in the heavens. But maybe what truly makes it Laylatul Qadr for you… is when your soul awakens in the darkness, reaches for its Lord, and finds peace.
If this night comes to us not by chance, but by sincerity, then perhaps every heart receives its own night of decree, just at the moment it was most ready to meet it.
May Allah allow us all to witness it, each in our own way.
Amin ya Rabb.
Personal reflection I felt like adding...
Before, while I was living in Bosnia, I remember how Laylatul Qadr was always "celebrated" on the 27th night with big gatherings, and even fireworks.
While I understand the communal spirit behind it, I often felt uneasy witnessing how this sacred night, meant to be hidden, intimate, and deeply personal, was being turned into a fixed date on the calendar.
But the Prophet ﷺ told us to seek it, not to assume we already found it.
And maybe that’s the whole point, it’s not about a night of noise and spectacle, but about silent moments of turning to Allah when no one sees us but Him.
May Allah protect us from turning acts of devotion into routine, and grant us all sincerity in our search.