Arabic (Original)
وَأَخْبَرَنَا الْفَقِيهُ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ ��َلِيٍّ الْفَامِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ فِي مَسْجِدِ الرَّصَافَةَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنبأ مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ وَعَاصِمٍ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا عِكْرِمَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ دَعَا عُمَرُ ؓ أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُمْ عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ فَأَجْمَعُوا أَنَّهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ فَقُلْتُ لِعُمَرَ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ وَإِنِّي لَأَظُنُّ أِيَّ لَيْلَةٍ هِيَ قَالَ وَأِيُّ لَيْلَةٍ هِيَ؟ قُلْتُ سَابِعَةٌ تَمْضِي أَوْ سَابِعَةٌ تَبْقَى مِنَ الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ قَالَ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ تَعْلَمُ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ خَلَقَ اللهُ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ وَسَبْعَ أَرَضِينَ وَسَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَأَنَّ الدَّهْرَ يَدُورُ فِي سَبْعٍ وَخَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ فَيَأْكُلُ وَيَسْجُدُ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَعْضَاءٍ وَالطَّوَافُ سَبْعٌ وَالْجِبَالُ سَبْعٌ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ لَقَدْ فَطِنْتَ لِأَمْرٍ مَا فَطِنَّا لَهُ
English Translation
Ibn 'Abbas said: ''Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) called the Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and asked them about the Night of al-Qadr. They agreed that it is in the last ten nights. I said to 'Umar: I know, and I believe I know which night it is. He said: Which night is it? I said: The seventh that passes or the seventh that remains of the last ten nights. He said: How do you know? I said: Allah created seven heavens, seven earths, seven days, and time revolves in seven. He created man who eats and prostrates on seven limbs. The circumambulation is seven and the mountains are seven. 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: You have grasped something we did not.'