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Three Major Events in the month of RamadanPerhaps the following are the most important events that took place in the month of Ramadan during the lifetime of Allah

Messenger, Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. (Excerpted from AHEAD Magazine a FREE publication of MediaImagez

Nuzool (Revelation) of Quranon the night of 27 Ramadan:

Allah subhanahu wa taala says in the Quran, Verily, We

have sent it (this Quraan) down in the Night of Al-Qadr

(Decree). [The Holy Quran Surah Al-Qadr 97: Ayah 1]

The first revelation, from Allah through Angel Jibreel to

Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was

Read: In the Name of your Lord Who created, Created man

from clots. Read: And your Lord is the Most Honorable, Who

taught by the pen. He taught man what he did not know.

[The Holy Quran Surah Al-Alaq 96 Ayah 1 to 5]

Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

recited the verses and the verses were written down and also

memorized by his companions as and when they were

revealed over a period of 23 years at various occasions.

Battle of Badron 16 / 17 Ramadan in the year Hijri 2:

Allah subhanahu wa taala says in the Quran, and what We

sent down upon our Bondman on the day of the all-distinctive

Criterion, the day the two gatherings encountered. [The

Holy Quran Surah Anfaal 8: Ayah 41]

As you were on the closer embankment, and they were on

the remotest embankment. and if you had made a mutual

appointment, you would indeed have differed about the

promised appointment, but that Allah might decree a

Command that was to be performed. [The Holy Quran

Anfaal 8: Ayah 42]

As the two armies got ready, Muhammad, peace and blessingsof Allah be upon him, prayed to Allah for a long time. O,

Allah, if this group of believers are defeated, You shall not be

worshipped on earth anymore.

For Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, it

was not a matter of victory, his main concern was the

message, as the sole reason for the idolaters of Makkah to

persecute Muslims, confiscate their properties, and force them

to migrate to Madina, was to suppress the message.

For the Idolaters of Makkah, the battle was to completely wipe

out Muhammad and his followers so that the message of Islamcannot be delivered. For Muhammad and his followers it was

to ensure that the message of Allah be proclaimed to all

humanity, and if anyone would hinder in this Muslims have to

fight them, remove these hindrances, so that the masses who

are oppressed, and deprived of receiving the message of Islam,

can be invited to Islam.

Briefly, the Battle of Badr was a battle between truth and

falsehood, those who were fighting for the cause of Allah,

against those who were fighting for the cause of idolatry

influenced by Satan.

Let us encourage ourselves to read in detail about the Battle of

Badr in a book of Seerah (Biography of Muhammad, peace

and blessings of Allah be upon him).

Opening of Makkahon 23 Ramadan in the Hijri Year 8:After 13 years of persecution, killing, ostracization, inhuman

sanctions, and merciless boycott of Muslims in Makkah, the

idolaters of Makkah, waged the Battle of Badr, the Battle of

Uhud, and gathered all the Allied Forces of Arabia and waged

a war the Battle of Moat (Khandaq), all these efforts were to

wipe out Islam, the Messenger of God, Muhammad, peace andblessings of Allah be upon him, and the Muslims for the face

of the earth.

After the idolaters of Makkah violated the Peace Treaty, Allah

Subhanahu Wa Taala made way for Muhammad, peace and

blessings of Allah be upon him, to enter Makkah with 10,000

companions.

He opened Makkah in order to allow its people to listen to the

message of the Quran and to invite all to the way of Allah.

The people of Makkah were afraid that Muhammad, peace and

blessings of Allah be upon him, will take revenge of all they

had done for all these years, and would kill every inhabitant of

Makkah.

Quite on the contrary Muhammad, peace and blessings of

Allah be upon him, pardoned everyone and made

announcements that whoever is next to Kaaba is safe, whoeveris in the house of Abu Sufiyan is safe, and whoever is inside

their houses are safe.

The declaration of faith was made by innumerable men and

women, by uttering There is no deity worthy of worship other

than Allah, and Muhammad is a servant and messenger of

Allah. The women when they became Muslim, in addition to

the Declaration of Faith, also had to take an oath that they wilnot steal and they will not commit adultery.

Opening of Makkah, has been erroneously referred to by some

writers Conquest of Makkah, even though entering Makkah

was not for the purpose of occupying or ruling the land or

usurping its wealth or enslaving its people.

The purpose of Opening Makkah was to stop its rulers fromhindering in the way of inviting the masses to the message of

Islam, and to give them a chance to listen to the Quran, and to

relieve them from the worship of idols and to encourage them

to worship Almighty Allah alone without associating any

partners with Him.

Let us encourage ourselves to read in detail about the Openingof Makkah in a book of Seerah (Biography of Muhammad,

peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).