Sixth point:

 

Sixth point: God began revealing the Qur’an during Ramadan. This has many implications, such as: Just as if the Qur’an were to be revealed during every Ramadan, believers should try to be like angels and abandon eating and drinking, and divest themselves of the carnal self’s vain preoccupations and gross needs. During Ramadan, they should recite or listen to the Qur’an as if it were being revealed for the first time. If possible, they should listen to it as if they were hearing Prophet Muhammad recite it, or Gabriel reciting it to Muhammad, or God revealing it to Muhammad through Gabriel. They should respect the Qur’an in their daily actions and, by conveying its message to others, demonstrate the Divine purpose for its revelation.

Ramadan transforms the Muslim world into a huge mosque in which millions recite the Qur’an to the Earth’s inhabitants. Displaying the reality of The month of Ramadan, in which the Qur’an was revealed (2:185), Ramadan proves itself to be the month of the Qur’an. While some in the vast congregation in the great mosque of the Muslim world listen to its recitation with solemn reverence, others recite it. It is most disagreeable to forsake that heavenly spiritual state by obeying the carnal-self, and thus eating and drinking in the sacred “mosque,” for this provokes the whole congregation. It also is most disagreeable and must provoke the Muslim world’s dislike and contempt to oppose those Muslims who fast Ramadan.

Bediuzzaman Said Nursi