“Of their Lord in every matter;
“And all is peace until the breaking of the dawn.”
This night must not be confounded, as it often is, with the Shab-i-Barāʾah, which is generally called Shab-i-Qadr, or the night of power, but which occurs on the 15th of Shaʿbān. [[SHAB-I-BARAʾAH].]
The excellences of the Lailatu ʾl-Qadr are said to be innumerable, and it is believed that during its solemn hours the whole animal and vegetable creation bow down in humble adoration to the Almighty.
LAILATU ʾR-RAG͟HĀʾIB (ليلة الرغائب). The “night of supererogatory devotions.” A festival observed on the first Friday in the month Rajab, by certain mystic leaders who affirm that it was established by the Prophet; but it is generally rejected by orthodox Sunnīs. (See Raddu ʾl-Muḥtār, vol. i. p. 717.)
LAIS̤ (ليث). An Arabic tribe descended from Kinānah. Al-Baiẓāwī says they thought it unlawful for a man to eat alone, and were the cause of the verse in the Qurʾān, [Sūrah xxiv. 60]: “There is no crime in you, whether ye eat together or separately.”
LAMENTATION. [[BUKAʾ].]
LAʿNAH (لعنة). “Imprecation; curse; anathema.” A word used thirteen times in the Qurʾān, e.g. [Sūrah ii. 83]: “The curse of God is on the infidels.”
LAND. Arabic arẓ (ارض), balad (بلد), mulk (ملك).
The following are some of the principal rules of Muslim law relating to land:—