Know that every spiritual grace has a reality, and for every worldly form there is a heavenly and unseen interior. People of knowledge say that the stages of the descension of the truth of the existence, in respect of the setting of the sun of the truth in the horizon of individuations, are" nights," whereas the stages of ascension, in respect of the rising of the sun of the truth in the horizons of individuations, are" days." Hence, the honor and the unluckiness of the" days" and the" nights" are, accordingly, clearly known.
According to another aspect, the arch of is the Muhammadan "Night of Qadr" and the arch of ascension is the Ahmadian "Resurrection Day" because these two arches are the extension of the light of the "Expanded Emanation", which is "the Muhammadan Truth", and all the individuations are of the First Individuation of "the Greatest Name”. So, from the point of view of Unity, the world is the "Night of Qadr" and the "Day of Resurrection" and it is no more than a single night and day, which is the entire House of Realization, the Muhammadan "Night of Qadr" and the Ahmadan "Day of Resurrection”. The one who is assured of this truth will always be in the "Night of Qadr" and in the "Day of Resurrection" and these two become united.
From the point of view of multiplicity, there will be nights and days. Some nights have Qadr (greatness, dignity) and some have not. Among all the nights, the Ahmadan constitution, the Muhammadan individuation- into whose horizon has set the light of the truth of existence, with all the affairs, Names and Attributes, and with full luminosity and entire truth- is the absolute night of Qadr, as the Muhammadan day is the absolute Day of Resurrection. Other days and nights are limited ones. The Qur'an's revelation to this noble constitution and pure heart, is the revelation in the “Night of Qadr”. So, the Qur'an was revealed both in full in "the Night of Qadr" in complete and absolute disclosure, and in parts along twenty-three years in "the night of Qadr”.
The gnostic Shaykh, Shahabadi, used to say that the Muhammadan period is "the Night of Qadr" that is, all the periods of existence are the Muhammadan period, or it is because in this period the perfect Muhammadan poles, the infallible guiding Imams, are "the Nights of Qadr”. What proves our suggested possibility concerning the truth of "the night of Qadr" is the lengthy noble hadith which is quoted in al-Burhan Exegesis from the noble al-Kafi, in which it is said that when a Christian asked Imam Mousa ibn Jafar about the hidden explanation of "Ha Mim! (I swear) By the explaining Book. We revealed it on a blessed night- Surely We are ever warning. There in every wise affair is made distinct" (The Holy Quran, 44:1-4) he replied: "As to ‘ Ha Mim’ it is Muhammad (s.a.), the explaining Book is ‘Amir al-Mu'minin Ali (a.s.)’, and the night is ‘Fatima (s.a.)’.” (Usoul al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 623, the Book of the Proof, ch. on the Birth of the Prophet, hadith 4.)
In another narrative it is said that “the ten nights” are interpreted to be the pure Imams from al-Hassan to al-Hassan. (Al-Burhan Exegesis, vol. 4, Surah al-Fajr, hadith 1, p. 754.) This is one of the degrees of "the night of Qadr" to which Imam Mousa ibn Jafar referred, testifying that "the night of Qadr" was the entire Muhammadan period.
In Al-Burhan Exegesis there is a narrative from Imam al-Baqir (a.s.). Being a noble hadith referring to several pieces of information, disclosing important secrets, we, owing to its blessedness, relate it in full:
The author, quoting Shaykh Abu Jafar at-Tousi, from his men, from Abdullah ibn Ajlan as-Sakouni, said: "I heard Abu Jafar say: The house of Ali and Fatima is the room of the Messenger of Allah, and the roof of their house is the Arsh of the Lord of the worlds. And at the bottom of their house there is an uncovered opening to the Arsh, the mi'raj of revelation; and the angels bring down revelation upon them in the morning and in the evening and every hour and twinkle of an eye. The angels are in ceaseless groups, some descending and some ascending. And Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, disclosed to Ibrahim the heavens till he saw the Arsh and He increased his seeing power. And Allah increased the seeing power of Muhammad, Ali, Fatima, Hassan and Hussain. They used to see the Arsh and they found no roof over their houses except the Arsh. Their houses were roofed with the Arsh of the Beneficent, and the ascensions of the angels and the Spirit in them, with the permission of their Lord, for every affair in peace. 'I said: "for every affair’.” He said: 'In every affair.' I said: 'Is that revelation?' He said: 'Yes'."
Contemplating on this noble hadith will open doors of knowledge in the face of the deserving people and discloses parts of the truth of guardianship and of the hidden inside of "the night of Qadr."
Disciplines of the prayer, Text, Page: 441-443