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Laylat al-Qadr
The Night of Power, spent in prayer, with a light meal of dates, sweet milk and rose or cardamom tea before dawn.
Spices for Laylat al-Qadr
Many Muslims treat the 27th night of Ramadan as the most likely Night of Power, when the Quran was first revealed. Mosques stay open all night, and a pre-dawn meal (suhoor) is prepared at home. In Turkey, lokma and halva are made for neighbours, and in South Asia a sweet vermicelli or kheer with cardamom is common. In Indonesia, families serve ketupat with opor ayam, a mild chicken in coconut milk, with coriander, galangal and nutmeg. The spices are warm and gentle for a night of vigil.
The spices
Written by the EveryMasala desk with AI assistance. Background: "Laylat al-Qadr" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Cardamom: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nutmeg: Herusutimbul, CC BY-SA 4.0, source