Dr Abdelkhalek Hassan Younes

Ramadan and Its Glows in Islam Dr Abdelkhalek Hassan Younes Arabic edition

Ramadan is not an ordinary month in Islam. It is the master of all months relating to time and space till the Hour of Judgment. It has been highly acclaimed for all time and widely celebrated everywhere. Why not! It is the month of the Holy Quran. Allah the Almighty chose and opted it for other months for guiding mankind. The most exalted book; which is the Holy Quran was revealed to the greatest prophet; Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him) in the month of Ramadan. It was sent down on the greatest month of all the year. It was a blessed night that equals a thousand months. It was revealed at the Cave of Hira in Makkah near the Sacred House and the Holy Kaaba. Ramadan has been a material embodiment of both the moral meaning of faith in the hearts and material science in the minds. We have understood, realized, and learned material science through the Holy Quran. Because of that, Allah the Almighty praised the fasting month out of other months and honored it by choosing it to send down the Glorious Quran. Ramadan was prescribed to purify the materialism of man from evils and sins. It also elevates the man's materialism to the level of the good and pious deeds through enlightenment. Thus, man would submit to the will of Allah and refrain from what has been forbidden. The Holy Quran was inscribed in the Preserved Tablet in the seventh heaven. The whole Quran was sent down to the scared house in the lowest heaven. Then it was revealed in portions according to the situations and incidents that the Prophet (PBUH) faced during his mission. It was an instruction and guide for him to solve all the problems that the Prophet, his companions, and the Muslims would face at all times.