11 / The Revelation of the Quran in the Month of Ramadan

There is no doubt that [one] of Allah’s most sublime, noble, and magnificent blessings of all is His sending down the Glorious Book to His servant and Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad—may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him. This is an immense blessing and a tremendous favor that Allah bestowed upon His servants. He praised Himself for it, extolled Himself before His servants on its account, and made its great significance clear in many verses of the Quran.

Allah Most High says: “Blessed is He Who sent down the Criterion to His servant so that he might be a warner to all the worlds.” 1 He also says: “The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Almighty, the All-Wise. Indeed, We have sent down the Book to you in truth, so worship Allah with sincere devotion to Him alone. Unquestionably, sincere devotion is due to Allah alone.” 2 He also says: “It is truly a revelation from the Lord of all worlds. The Trustworthy Spirit brought it down upon your heart so that you might be one of the warners, in a clear Arabic tongue.” 3 And He says: “Ramadan is the month in which the Quran was revealed as guidance for humanity, with clear proofs of guidance and the Criterion.” 4

The noble month of Ramadan—the month of fasting—has a special connection with the Quran, for it is the month in which the Noble Quran was revealed as guidance for humanity. In the preceding verse, Allah Most High commended the month of fasting above all other months by choosing it from among them for the revelation of the Glorious Quran. Indeed, it is related in a hadith that this was the month in which the divine scriptures were sent down to the prophets. Thus, in the Musnad of Imam