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Look if you want to say “hadith says the other way” then please bring the hadith that does then we can look at it. If you have read what I wrote earlier you would see that my contention with Sister_J is not about whether the ayat is intending to mean Layla-tul-Qadr or not, but rather whether it is categorically a contradiction or not with the practices of those who revere this night of 15th Shabaan.
My reasons for doing extra worship on this night is not based on this ayat, but on the various hadith that say it is a blessed night because sins are forgiven on this night.
My analysis of the ayat is to show that a clear contradiction is not present.
Your Arabic teacher told you that “anzalna” means “sent at once”, but rather I would insist that really this is interpreted to mean “sent at once” grammatically it means “we (have) sent down” where the (have) means that (it is no longer being done) …
According to the hadith of Abu Huraira (RA) - it was sent at once on the earthly heaven and revealed in packets to us. However, neither this hadith nor the grammatical construct of ‘anzalna’ prevents the idea that:
a) The “whole” Qur’an could have been “sent” more than once.
b) Also the Arabic is ‘silent’ in what was sent down this is also interpretation … it states " we have sent on the night of decree" and “we have sent on a blessed night” you ask sent what? - The slient thing can be “the Qur’an” which is the way it is interpreted by usool, but it can also be other things such as “a command” or “a decision” was sent, and so on.
A clear contradiction is not present. Also some people who are twisted they may say that the Qur’an is contradicting itself, LaylatilMubarak or LaylatilQadr? They may ask. The answer could be that these are synonyms for the same term or from the reasoning above.
But the Qur’an doesn’t necessarily say what is being sent on each of these nights, it is silent in this matter.
My stance is to show that although there may be strong and weak opinions they are not always True and False opinions as some people like to say. If we understand each other on strong and weak grounds rather than true and false grounds then we can live nicely together.