Dear Islamic brothers! اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! It is the sacred night, 27^th of Ramadan. We should not show negligence at all during this blessed night rather we should engage ourselves in more and more acts of worship. Majority of scholars believe that the sacred night of 27^th Ramadan is Layla-tul-Qadr, and Layla-tul-Qadr is better than a thousand months. In this sacred night of Layla-tul-Qadr, Sayyiduna Jibra`eel عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام and the blessed angels descend and shake hands with the worshippers. Each and every moment of Layla-tul-Qadr is absolute peace and safety till daybreak. It is a night of abundant goodness, infinite blessings and virtues as well as it is the night of the acceptance of supplications. This sacred night has been bestowed upon this Ummah by virtue of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Let’s listen to a nice parable in connection with this sacred night and have delightful feelings:

A faith-refreshing parable

Sayyiduna Sham’oon رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه worshipped Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ for a thousand years in such a way that he would offer Salah the whole night, Sawm during the day and fight unbelievers in the path of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was so strong that he could break heavy iron chains with his hands. When the wicked unbelievers saw that they would not be able to defeat Sham’oon رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه they persuaded his wife, tempting her by a lot of wealth, to tie him with strong ropes while he was asleep and then hand him over to them.

The unfaithful wife tied him with ropes while he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was asleep. When Sham’oon رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه awoke and found himself tied up, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه broke the ropes with no difficulty, setting himself free. Then he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه asked his wife ‘Who tied me?’ Pretending to be loyal, the unfaithful wife lied, ‘I was just testing as to how strong you are, and wanted to see how you would free yourself.’ The incident was then ignored.

Despite failing the first time, his unfaithful wife constantly waited for another opportunity to tie her husband in the state of sleep. One night, she had another opportunity to do what she wanted. When he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه went to sleep, his cruel wife cunningly tied him with iron chains. As soon as he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه woke up, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه broke the chains instantly and became free easily. Though shocked, his wife cunningly made the same excuse again, ‘I was just testing