The 27th night of Ramadan is called Laylat al-Qadr, which translates as “Great or Valuable Night”. It is also known as the “Night of Power”, the “Valuable Night” and the“Night of the Divine Order”.
Laylat al-Qadr was the first night of the revelation of the Holy Qur’an to the Prophet Muhammad by the Archangel Jibrail (Gabriel). Muslims regard this as the most important event in history. They spend much of this night in prayer and worship as prayers offered on this night are thought to be worth all the prayers of one thousand months; many expect that on this night they will hear from God in dreams.
Muslims often attest to the role of dreams in their life.
Keith has worked in the Muslim world long enough to listen to Muslim dreams of a “being of light” who haunts their slumber and leaves them seeking a higher truth. One of these Muslims was a Pakistani taxi driver named Ahmed.
“What dreams have you had?” Keith asked Ahmed. Ahmed’s eyes lit up at the question. “I have had this dream many times,” he said, “of a man glowing bright as the sun. I couldn’t make out his face, but he was reaching out to me in love.”
Taking an Urdu-language New Testament, Keith turned to Matthew 17. “Would you read these first two verses? I think you’ll find them interesting.” Ahmed read the opening verses:
After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.There he was transfigured before them.His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.” (Matthew 17:1–2).
Ahmed looked up at Keith, his eyes wide with amazement. “That’s the guy,” he said, “the guy in my dreams. Who is this?”
Keith has learned to be a dream catcher for Jesus. He recognizes that the Holy Spirit can use extraordinary means to reach Muslims. “Jesus promised that ‘when the Holy Spirit comes, he will convict the world of sin, judgment, and righteousness’,” Keith says. “Muslims are a part of that world, and dreams might be the way that God is convicting them of their need for Jesus.”
LET’S PRAY
- Pray for Muslims on this Night of Power, that God will reveal Himself to them in many ways.
- Pray for dreams of Jesus to encourage Muslims all over the world to find out more about Him.
- Pray for dream catchers—believers who can help Muslims understand who the “being of light” in their dreams is and how He wants them to follow Him.
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