Laylat al-Qadr 2028: Date, History & Significance

Muslims seek the night with qiyam (standing in prayer through the night), Qur'an recitation, dhikr and du'a; the Prophet's own supplication for it asks for pardon. Many keep i'tikaf — a retreat in the mosque for the last ten days of Ramadan — to be sure of catching the night. Worship on Laylat al-Qadr with faith and hope of reward is said to have all past sins forgiven.

Surah al-Qadr, one of the shortest chapters of the Qur'an, is entirely about this night: 'We sent it down on the Night of Power. And what will make you know what the Night of Power is? The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. The angels and the Spirit descend in it, by the leave of their Lord, with every command. Peace it is, until the rising of the dawn.'

Source: The scriptures and calendar of the tradition; community religious practice in India

The night's concealment among the last ten of Ramadan is on the Prophet's own report, said to have been shown its date and then made to forget it so that believers would strive on all the nights. It is not a public holiday; it falls within Ramadan.

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1. Laylat al-Qadr, the Night of Decree when the Quran was first revealed, is sought in the odd nights of Ramadan's last ten; in South Asia it is most widely kept on the 27th night.
2. Mosques stay open through the night for prayer, Quran recitation and supplication; many complete a reading of the Quran.
3. Some spend the last ten days in itikaf, a retreat in the mosque.

• Across India. The last ten nights of Ramadan kept with night-long prayer and Qur'an, i'tikaf in the mosques, and the 27th night especially crowded; masjids stay open till dawn.

• Iftar and sehri — The Ramadan meals continue; many mosques serve sehri after the night of prayer.

Shab-e-Qadr (Laylat al-Qadr) falls on Wednesday, 23 February 2028. The Night of Power in the last ten nights of Ramadan (commonly 27th).

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An odd-numbered night of the last ten of Ramadan — most commonly the 27th. The Islamic (Hijri) calendar is purely lunar with no intercalation, so its dates move about eleven days earlier through the Gregorian year on a 33-year cycle.

The date is set by the Hindu lunisolar calendar and shifts against the Gregorian year.