Laylat al-Qadr (also known as Lailat al Qadr or Laylatul Qadr) is the holiest night of the year for Muslims. The name Laylat al-Qadr translates to “Night of Power.” This night commemorates the night Allah (Arabic for God) revealed the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad. Photo of the Quran.
In the Quran, Allah says that this night is better than one thousand months, making it more holy than any other night. Muslims observe this night with prayer. They believe that on this night Allah will hear them and either forgive their sins or give them their heart’s desires. Muslims also observe this night with devotional readings of the Quran. Because Laylat al-Qadr could be any of the last ten days of Ramadan, many Muslims treat those ten days as an especially good time for prayer and reading the Quran. Many worshippers try to be especially observant of Ramadan during these last ten days.
The last ten days of Ramadan are significant for the following reasons.
▪︎ The Lailatul Qadr (Night of Power, Night of Majesty) occurs therein. This is the Night which, Allah said, is greater than one thousand months.
▪︎ I’tikaaf (Seclusion in the mosque) is observed for all or part of these last ten days essentially to “catch” lailatul Qadr.
▪︎ Saqatul-fitri (or Sadaatul-fitri) is given to prescribed Muslims as from the last two nights (preferably not earlier) of these ten nights.
▪︎ Eid-il fitr is observed the day immediately following the last ten nights.
It is important to note that the ten nights may turn out to be nine, depending on when the crescent 
of the month of Shawwal is sighted.
As we approach the last ten nights of this Ramadan, may Allah enable us to observe the special duties therein and may we be benefited with the rewards of those duties.
Aameen
