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{ إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ }

Indeed We revealed it on a blessed night…He said:God sent the Qurʾān down as a whole on the Night of Great Merit (Laylat al-Qadr) to the House of Might (bayt al-ʿizza) in the heaven of this world, from the Preserved Tablet in the hands of the recording angels (malāʾik safara). It was then sent down to the spirit (rūḥ) of Muḥammad , which is the blessed spirit (rūḥ mubārak), and thus He called the Night of Great Merit a blessed night (layla mubāraka) due to the [spiritual] link between one [descent of] blessing and the other. His words, Exalted is He:

Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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