‘The month of Ramadan is that in which the Qur’an was sent down as a guidance for mankind with clear proofs and guidance and discrimination.’ (2:186)
it is known that Qur’anic revelation upon the Holy Prophet (sa) spanned over the 23-year course of his prophethood.
It was a momentous night during Ramadan when the Holy Prophet (sa) had taken a retreat of solitude to the Cave of Hira when God revealed to him:
اِقۡرَاۡ بِاسۡمِ رَبِّکَ الَّذِیۡ خَلَقَ
خَلَقَ الۡاِنۡسَانَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ
اِقۡرَاۡ وَرَبُّکَ الۡاَکۡرَمُۙ
الَّذِیۡ عَلَّمَ بِالۡقَلَمِ
عَلَّمَ الۡاِنۡسَانَ مَا لَمۡ یَعۡلَمۡ
‘Proclaim thou in the name of thy Lord Who created,
Created man from a clot of blood.
Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Generous,
Who taught by the pen,
Taught man what he knew not.(96:2-6)
God has described this night in the Holy Qur’an as the ‘Night of Decree’ (97:2) and ‘a blessed night’ (44:4).
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