Tabriz(IP)- The people of Tabriz, the capital of East Azerbaijan province, while mourning, donated blood on the first night of the Qadr nights.

Iran PressIran news: The revival ceremony of the 19th night of the holy month of Ramadan was held in the mosque of Imam Khomeini (RA) in Tabriz with a large number of people, especially young people. While mourning, the people of Tabriz attended the blood center at Imam Khomeini's mosque and donated blood. 

Laylat al-Qadr, (Qadr nights) Islamic ceremony commemorates the night on which God first revealed the Qurʾān to the Prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel (Jibrīl).

It is believed to have taken place on one of the final 10 nights of Ramadan in 610 CE, though the exact night is unclear. The date of the annual commemoration thus varies throughout the Islamic world but is most commonly observed on the 23rd night of Ramadan for Shia Muslims and on the 27th for Sunni Muslims.

According to Islamic tradition, the Quran was first revealed to the prophet Muhammad after a period of habitual meditation in seclusion. During one of his retreats, on Laylat al-Qadr, the angel Gabriel appeared to him and commanded him: “Iqraʾ!” (“Recite!”).

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