According to Surah Al-Qadr, the Night of Power is better than how many months?

According to Surah Al-Qadr, the Night of Power is better than 1,000 months.

This statement appears in verse 3 of the 97th surah: “The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.” It expresses the extraordinary religious importance of Laylat al-Qadr and explains why Muslims devote the final nights of Ramadan to prayer, Quran recitation, supplication, and charity.

One thousand lunar months equals roughly 83 years and 4 months, a span comparable to a long human lifetime. The verse is generally understood as describing the superior spiritual value of worship on that night, not as a claim that the calendar contains a special period of exactly that length.

The surrounding verses say that the Quran was sent down on this night, that angels and the Spirit descend with God’s permission, and that peace lasts until dawn. The exact night is not explicitly fixed in the Quran, so Muslim traditions emphasize seeking it during Ramadan’s final ten nights.