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How Muslims Celebrated the Sacred Night of Laylat al-Qadr

Published June 2nd, 2019 - 06:10 GMT

Laylat Al-Qadr is one of the most sacred to be watched out for in the last 10 days of the Ramadan feast. It is when the Quran was revealed to Prophet Mohammad and came down in one full scoop. The Laylat is traditionally celebrated on the 27th night of Ramadan by some 1.5 billion Muslims around the world. Its a sacred night of prayers and supplication that has a lot of goodness and religious reverence.

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People stroll at the sunset in front of the Blue Mosque square during of the holy month of Ramadan on June 1, 2019 in Istanbul. The world's nearly 1.5 billion Muslims on May 27 began Ramadan, the holy month of dawn-to-dusk fasting and prayers. It is sacred to Muslims because tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed during that month. Yasin AKGUL / AFP

People stroll at the sunset in front of the Blue Mosque square during of the holy month of Ramadan on June 1, 2019 in Istanbul. The world's nearly 1.5 billion Muslims on May 27 began Ramadan, the holy month of dawn-to-dusk fasting and prayers. It is sacred to Muslims because tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed during that month. Yasin AKGUL / AFP

A child joins Pakistani Muslim worshippers and they gather at the illuminated Grand Faisal Mosque on the 27th night of the Holy month of Ramadan, in Islamabad on June 1, 2019. The 27th night is known as Lailat al-Qader. FAROOQ NAEEM / AFP

A child joins Pakistani Muslim worshippers and they gather at the illuminated Grand Faisal Mosque on the 27th night of the Holy month of Ramadan, in Islamabad on June 1, 2019. The 27th night is known as Lailat al-Qader. FAROOQ NAEEM / AFP

This picture taken early on June 1, 2019 from the crenellations of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi shows Muslim worshippers praying in the mosque's courtyard on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr. KARIM SAHIB / AFP

This picture taken early on June 1, 2019 from the crenellations of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi shows Muslim worshippers praying in the mosque's courtyard on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr. KARIM SAHIB / AFP

An imam leads Muslim worshippers in prayer at a mosque in Maaret al-Noman in Syria's northwestern Idlib province late on May 31, 2019, on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in the fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP

An imam leads Muslim worshippers in prayer at a mosque in Maaret al-Noman in Syria's northwestern Idlib province late on May 31, 2019, on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in the fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP

Shiite Muslim worshippers gather for the ritual prayer of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century, at the Imam Ali shrine in the central Iraqi holy city of Najaf on May 29, 2019. Haidar HAMDANI / AFP

Shiite Muslim worshipperes gather for the ritual prayer of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century, at the Imam Ali shrine in the central Iraqi holy city of Najaf on May 29, 2019. Haidar HAMDANI / AFP

A young boy prays with other Muslim worshippers at a mosque in Maaret al-Noman in Syria's northwestern Idlib province early on June 1, 2019, on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in the fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP

A young boy prays with other Muslim worshippers at a mosque in Maaret al-Noman in Syria's northwestern Idlib province early on June 1, 2019, on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in the fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP

Muslim worshippers pray early on June 1, 2019 at Kuwait City's Grand Mosque on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in the fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP

Muslim worshippers pray early on June 1, 2019 at Kuwait City's Grand Mosque on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in the fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP

Iraqi children learn to read from the Koran at the shrine of the Sunni Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani in Baghdad on May 28, 2019, during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

Iraqi children learn to read from the Koran at the shrine of the Sunni Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani in Baghdad on May 28, 2019, during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

Shiite Muslims gather for the ritual prayer of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century, at the Imam Ali shrine in the central Iraqi holy city of Najaf on May 29, 2019. Haidar HAMDANI / AFP

Shiite Muslims gather for the ritual prayer of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century, at the Imam Ali shrine in the central Iraqi holy city of Najaf on May 29, 2019. Haidar HAMDANI / AFP

People stroll at the sunset in front of the Blue Mosque square during of the holy month of Ramadan on June 1, 2019 in Istanbul. The world's nearly 1.5 billion Muslims on May 27 began Ramadan, the holy month of dawn-to-dusk fasting and prayers. It is sacred to Muslims because tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed during that month. Yasin AKGUL / AFP
A child joins Pakistani Muslim worshippers and they gather at the illuminated Grand Faisal Mosque on the 27th night of the Holy month of Ramadan, in Islamabad on June 1, 2019. The 27th night is known as Lailat al-Qader. FAROOQ NAEEM / AFP
This picture taken early on June 1, 2019 from the crenellations of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi shows Muslim worshippers praying in the mosque's courtyard on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr. KARIM SAHIB / AFP
An imam leads Muslim worshippers in prayer at a mosque in Maaret al-Noman in Syria's northwestern Idlib province late on May 31, 2019, on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in the fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP
Shiite Muslim worshippers gather for the ritual prayer of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century, at the Imam Ali shrine in the central Iraqi holy city of Najaf on May 29, 2019. Haidar HAMDANI / AFP
A young boy prays with other Muslim worshippers at a mosque in Maaret al-Noman in Syria's northwestern Idlib province early on June 1, 2019, on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in the fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP
Muslim worshippers pray early on June 1, 2019 at Kuwait City's Grand Mosque on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in the fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP
Iraqi children learn to read from the Koran at the shrine of the Sunni Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani in Baghdad on May 28, 2019, during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Shiite Muslims gather for the ritual prayer of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century, at the Imam Ali shrine in the central Iraqi holy city of Najaf on May 29, 2019. Haidar HAMDANI / AFP
People stroll at the sunset in front of the Blue Mosque square during of the holy month of Ramadan on June 1, 2019 in Istanbul. The world's nearly 1.5 billion Muslims on May 27 began Ramadan, the holy month of dawn-to-dusk fasting and prayers. It is sacred to Muslims because tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed during that month. Yasin AKGUL / AFP
People stroll at the sunset in front of the Blue Mosque square during of the holy month of Ramadan on June 1, 2019 in Istanbul. The world's nearly 1.5 billion Muslims on May 27 began Ramadan, the holy month of dawn-to-dusk fasting and prayers. It is sacred to Muslims because tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed during that month. Yasin AKGUL / AFP
A child joins Pakistani Muslim worshippers and they gather at the illuminated Grand Faisal Mosque on the 27th night of the Holy month of Ramadan, in Islamabad on June 1, 2019. The 27th night is known as Lailat al-Qader. FAROOQ NAEEM / AFP
A child joins Pakistani Muslim worshippers and they gather at the illuminated Grand Faisal Mosque on the 27th night of the Holy month of Ramadan, in Islamabad on June 1, 2019. The 27th night is known as Lailat al-Qader. FAROOQ NAEEM / AFP
This picture taken early on June 1, 2019 from the crenellations of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi shows Muslim worshippers praying in the mosque's courtyard on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr. KARIM SAHIB / AFP
This picture taken early on June 1, 2019 from the crenellations of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi shows Muslim worshippers praying in the mosque's courtyard on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr. KARIM SAHIB / AFP
An imam leads Muslim worshippers in prayer at a mosque in Maaret al-Noman in Syria's northwestern Idlib province late on May 31, 2019, on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in the fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP
An imam leads Muslim worshippers in prayer at a mosque in Maaret al-Noman in Syria's northwestern Idlib province late on May 31, 2019, on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in the fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP
Shiite Muslim worshippers gather for the ritual prayer of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century, at the Imam Ali shrine in the central Iraqi holy city of Najaf on May 29, 2019. Haidar HAMDANI / AFP
Shiite Muslim worshipperes gather for the ritual prayer of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century, at the Imam Ali shrine in the central Iraqi holy city of Najaf on May 29, 2019. Haidar HAMDANI / AFP
A young boy prays with other Muslim worshippers at a mosque in Maaret al-Noman in Syria's northwestern Idlib province early on June 1, 2019, on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in the fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP
A young boy prays with other Muslim worshippers at a mosque in Maaret al-Noman in Syria's northwestern Idlib province early on June 1, 2019, on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in the fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP
Muslim worshippers pray early on June 1, 2019 at Kuwait City's Grand Mosque on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in the fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP
Muslim worshippers pray early on June 1, 2019 at Kuwait City's Grand Mosque on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in the fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP
Iraqi children learn to read from the Koran at the shrine of the Sunni Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani in Baghdad on May 28, 2019, during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Iraqi children learn to read from the Koran at the shrine of the Sunni Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani in Baghdad on May 28, 2019, during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Shiite Muslims gather for the ritual prayer of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century, at the Imam Ali shrine in the central Iraqi holy city of Najaf on May 29, 2019. Haidar HAMDANI / AFP
Shiite Muslims gather for the ritual prayer of Lailat al-Qadr, which marks the night in fasting month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century, at the Imam Ali shrine in the central Iraqi holy city of Najaf on May 29, 2019. Haidar HAMDANI / AFP

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