" This is also cofifirmed by al-Qummi in his renown Tafsir...

" This is also cofifirmed by al-Qummi in his renown Tafsir, exegesis of the Holy Qur’an. On p. 182, Vol. 1, of ‘Uyun Akhbar al-Rida, and on p. 14, Vol. 94, of Bihar al-Anwar, Ja’fer ibn Ali ibn Ahmed quotes al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn All ‘bn Sadaqah quotes Muhammad son of ‘Iimer ibn ‘Abdul-’Aziz quoting al-Hassan ibn Muhammad al-Nawfali quoting Sulayman at Marzawi asking Imam al-Rida (as), "Could you please tell us why the Chapter of Qadr was revealed?" The Imam (as) said, "O Sulayman!

Lailatul-Qadr is the night when Allah, the most Exalted, the most Great, decrees what will take place from one year to another of life or death, good or evil, or regarding sustenance, and whatever He then decrees is sure destiny." On p. 315 of Ma’ani al-A kit bar, and also on p. 18, Vol.

94, of BiharatAnwar, Ibn Musa quotes Ibn Zakariyya citing Muhammad ibn al-Abbas quoting Muhammad ibn al-Sary quoting Ahmed ibn Abdullah ibn Yunus quoting Ibn Tareef quoting Jbn Nubatah quoting Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (as) saying, "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) asked me once, ‘O All!

Do you know the implication of LailatulQadr?’ I said, ‘No, indeed, O Messenger of Allah!’ He (pbuh) said, ‘Allah, the Praised One, the Most Glorified, decreed in it what will take place till the Day of Judgment, and among wha>t He, the most Exalted, the Most Great, decreed was your own Imamate and Wilayat and the Imamate and Wilayat of your offspring till the Day of Resurrection." BothMa ‘ani al-A Id-i bar and Riharal-Anwar quote Sa ‘ d citing the great traditionist Abdullah son of ‘Umer ibn al-Khattab quoting Muhammad ibn ‘Ubayd ibn Mahran quoting Salih quoting Salih ibn ‘Uqbah quoting al-FadI ibn ‘Uthman saying, "When the Chapter of Qadr was mentioned in the presence of Abu Abdullah Imam Ia fer al-Sadiq (as), he was asked about its merits over other chapters, and he said, ‘It was revealed with reference to the Wilayat of the Commander of the Faithful (Imam Ali) (as).’ He (as) was asked, ‘Do you mean Lailatul-Qadr for which we look in anticipation during the month of Ramadhan?’ He (as) said, ‘Yes; it is the night in which the heavens and the earth were determined, and the Wilayat of the Commander of the Faithful (as) was decreed."’ Ahmed ibn Muhammad and Ahmed ibn Ishaq, as recorded on p.

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