It is mentioned in the same Verse: “Indeed, We are ever warning.

It is mentioned in the same Verse: “Indeed, We are ever warning.” God Almighty appoints His Messengers to warn polytheists and wrong doers and the prophethood of the Noble Prophet of Islam (S) with this manifest Book is the last link of the chain of prophethood. It is true that prophets warned on the one hand and bore glad tidings on the other, but their calls basically rested on giving warnings to wrong doers and sinners.

[Revelation of the Book and sending Messengers is] a Mercy from your Lord. Indeed, He is the All-Hearer, the Omniscient. The Night of Decree is recurrent each and every year. The present tense of the verb indicates progression. The Ordainments of the Night of Decree concern basic issues. The Night of Decree is the fateful and momentous night.

The blessed Verse provides a description of the Night of Decree “Therein [the blessed night] is decreed [and explicated] every [momentous] matter of Ordainments [as per Divine Wisdom].” “Is decreed” (yufraqu) makes a reference to the Ordainment of all fateful and momentous matters on that night. The employment of the word: “All-Wise” (hakim) demonstrates the wisdom and unchangeability of Divine Ordainment.

The attribute is usually used in the Holy Qur’an for God but its employment for things other than God is for the sake of emphasis. The exposition is in harmony with many a tradition to the effect that the Ordainments of all humanity, e.g. provisions and longevity, within a period of one year are ordained on the Night of Decree.

The exposition of the issue and other discussions on the Night of Decree and the harmony of Divine Ordainment with human free will are to found in the exegesis of Chapter 97[^7]. Emphasis is laid on the Divine Revelation of the Qur’an in Verse five: “As a Command [the Revelation of the Qur’an on the Night of Decree and the Decree of every matter on that night] from Us.