the Decree (al-Qadr); because that which will occur in that year, of good, misfortune, provision, and blessing, is decreed therein. This is narrated from Ibn Abbas. Allah the Almighty said: {Therein is determined every wise matter} (8). He called it blessed, for He said, the Almighty: {Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night; indeed, We were to warn [mankind]} (9). This is Laylat al-Qadr, by the evidence of His saying, the Glorified: {Indeed, We sent it [the Qur'an] down during the Night of Decree} (10). And the Almighty said: {The month of Ramadan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur'an} (11). It is narrated that Gabriel descended with it from Bayt al-'Izzah to the lowest heaven on Laylat al-Qadr, then he descended with it upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in stages over twenty-three years (12). It remains and has not been lifted, based on what Abu Dharr narrated, saying: I said: O Messenger of Allah, was Laylat al-Qadr lifted along with the Prophets, or does it remain until the Day of Resurrection? He said: "It remains until the Day of Resurrection." I said: In Ramadan or other than it? He said: "In Ramadan." I said: In the first ten, or the second, or the last? He said: "In the last ten" (13). The majority of scholars hold that it is in Ramadan. Ibn Mas'ud used to say: Whoever stands in prayer throughout the year will encounter it. He indicated that it is throughout the whole year. In the Book of Allah the Almighty, there is that which clarifies that it is in Ramadan, because Allah informed that He revealed the Qur'an on Laylat al-Qadr, and that He revealed it in Ramadan; therefore, Laylat al-Qadr must be in Ramadan so that the two reports do not contradict. Furthermore, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) mentioned that it is in Ramadan in the hadith of Abu Dharr, and he said: "Seek it in the last ten nights, in every odd-numbered one." (Agreed upon) (14). Ubayy ibn