<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Laylat al - Qadr (Arabic: لیلة القدر ‎) (also known as شب قدر ‬ Shab - e-Qadr, in Persian), variously rendered in English as the Night of Decree, Night of Power, Night of Value, Night of Destiny, or Night of Measures, is in Islamic belief the night when the first verses of the Quran were revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad . It is one of the nights of the last ten days of Ramadan . Muslims believe that on this night the blessings and mercy of God are abundant, sins are forgiven, supplications are accepted, and that the annual decree is revealed to the angels who also descend to earth . Shia Islam holds that Prophets and the Shia Imams are recipients of the angels on the night of Qadr and the decrees that they reveal . </P> <P> Some commentators believe that Quran was revealed to Muhammad two times being' the immediate revelation' happening on the Laylat al - Qadr and' gradual revelation' across 23 years . The Quran uses the word Inzal (انزال) which justifies' the immediate revelation', according to Allamah Tabatabai . However some others believe that the revelation of Quran occurred in two phases, with the first phase being the revelation in its entirety on Laylat al - Qadr to the angel Gabriel (Jibril in Arabic) in the lowest heaven, and then the subsequent verse - by - verse revelation to Muhammad by Gabriel . The revelation started in 610 CE at the Hira cave on Mount Nur in Mecca . The first Sura that was revealed was Sūrat al - ʿAlaq (in Arabic العلق). During the first revelation the first five verses of this Sura, or chapter, were revealed . </P> <P> The specific date of Laylat al - Qadr is not mentioned in the Quran . </P>

Where did the night of power take place