The Night of Majesty

Dr Zahid Aziz explored the literal interpretation of the verse that prayers during the lailat ul Qadr are equivalent to praying for 1000 months. He said that the verse cannot be taken at face value because that would mean that one need not pray during the rest of one’s life. In his opinion it refers to the change brought about in the lives of the Companions of the Holy Prophet by being in contact with him for one day was the same as the change that would have come about if they had struggled on their own for the whole of their lives.