341. The blessed night.
Verse (44:3) says the Quran was revealed in the blessed night. Going through other verses of the Quran, we come to know which is the blessed night.
Verse 2:185 tells us the Quran was revealed in the month of Ramadan. Hence it is to be understood, the blessed night falls in the month of Ramadan.
Verse 97:1 says the Quran was revealed in the night of Laylatul Qadr.
The verse (44:3) calling it the blessed night and the verse 97:1 calling it the magnificent night denote the same night when the Quran was revealed.
Some argue the blessed night denotes the night of 15th of the month Shaban, but we do not find any substantiation regarding this either in the Quran, or the sunnah of Prophet Muhammad.
The opinion, Quran was revealed on the 15th of Shaban is against the tenets of the Quran, that says it was revealed in the month of Ramdan.
Some Muslims guided by wrong interpretation of this verse, have created an innovation called ‘Barat’ night and are celebrating the same.
The word ‘Barat Night’ is not found anywhere in the Quran or the sunnah of Prophet Muhammad. These people have invented something which is not part of Islam by practicing a few rituals on a particular night are indeed misguiding others and themselves to a wrong path. They must realize the wrong belief that the Quran was revealed in the month of Shaban, is against the Quran which declares it was revealed in the month of Ramadan.
They explain their wrong interpretation by saying the Quran was revealed to the first heaven in the ‘Baraat Night’ from the safeguarded master copy to be delivered in parts to Prophet Muhammad starting on the night of Lailat il Qadr. We do not find any evidence in any of the hadiths substantiating their claim.
Please refer to point no 447 to know whether the Quran was revealed in one night.
