لَيْلَةُ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – لَيْلَةُ is a noun
A noun may either be 1) Definite or indefinite 2) Masculine or feminine 3) Singular, dual or plural 4) Nominative, accusative or genitive
الَّيْلَةُ is the natural state of this definite noun and it is in this state ( مَرْفُوْعٌ) when the noun is: 1) the subject المُبْتَدَأُ or 2) the predicate الخَبَرُ or 3) اسْمُ كَانَ or 4) خَبَرُ إِنَّ or 5) الفَاعِلُ subject of a verb in the active voice or 6) نَائِبُ الفَاعِلِ subject of a verb in the passive voice or 7) it’s a noun of dependent declension a) نَعْتٌ / صِفَطٌ adjectives b) التَّوْكِيْدُ emphatic c) المَعْطُوْفٌ conjunction d) البَدَلُ synonym
الَّيْلَةُ loses it’s definite article, changing to لَيْلَةُ due to it being a possessed noun
Night
| الْمَعْرِفَةُ | مُفْرَدٌ | مُؤَنَّثٌ | مَرْفُوْعٌ | ل ي ل | بَابٌ | فَعْلَةٌ | اسْمٌ | الْمَصْدَرُ | |
| Definite | Singular | Feminine | Nominative | Root | Night | Pattern | Noun | Verbal noun | |
| مَصْدَرُ الْمَرَّةِ | |||||||||
| Surah/ | Below are the 2 verses in the holy Quran containing the nominative, possessed noun | لَيْلَةُ |
| Verse | ||
| 97-2 | And what will make you know what the night of Qadr is? | وَمَآ أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ القَدْرِ |
| 97-3 | The night of Qadr is better than a thousand months | لَيْلَةُ القَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ |