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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Did the Noble Qur'an descend in its entirety on the Night of Decree?

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Question:
Allah the Exalted said:
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
[Al-Fatihah 1:1]
Indeed, We sent the Qur'an down during the Night of Decree.إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ
[Al-Qadr 97:1]
May Allah the Great be truthful. This is regarding the Qur'an. So did the Noble Qur'an descend on the Night of Decree, and what is the correct interpretation? Did it all descend on the Night of Decree? Please guide us. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon him, his family, and all his Companions. And after that, Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:
Indeed, We sent the Qur'an down during the Night of Decree.إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ
[Al-Qadr 97:1]
And He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:
Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed nightإِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ
[Ad-Dukhan 44:3]
The blessed night is the Night of Decree. The scholars, may Allah have mercy on them, differed in their interpretation of its descent on this night, with various opinions. And the correct one, and Allah knows best, is that the descent of the Qur'an began on the Night of Decree; that its descent began on the Night of Decree. The Qur'an, as the term is applied to the whole, is also applied to a part; a part is called Qur'an.
It was reported from Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, in his interpretation of the verse, that Allah sent it down in one lump from the Preserved Tablet to the House of Glory in the lowest heaven, and then it was sent down in parts to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) according to events and occurrences. And Allah knows best.
The result is that this Qur'an was sent down on the Night of Decree, either by the fact that, which is the correct or stronger position, its descent began on the Night of Decree, and then it continued to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) according to events, or that it was sent down in one lump from the Preserved Tablet to the House of Glory, and then it was sent down in parts to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Qur'an, there is no doubt that itالقرآن لا شك أنه
The speech of Allah, and that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, spoke with its letters and its meanings. There is no doubt that it was written in the Preserved Tablet, and there is no doubt that it was sent down to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) through Jibril. All of this is beyond doubt. As for the manner of the descent, Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows best. May Allah reward you with good and give you a good 'Eid.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل القرآن الكريم نزل كاملًا في ليلة القدر؟ — youtube.com

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