![]() ![]() The present instance is undoubtedly the earliest example of the Qur’anic use of this term in the sense of “divine inspiration”.ĥ. For this rendering of ruh, see first sentence of Surah An-Nahl : 2 and the corresponding note 2. in hosts descend in it the angels, 3 bearing divine inspiration 4 by their Sustainer’s leave from all that may happenģ The grammatical form tanazzalu implies repetition, frequency or multitude hence-as suggested by Ibn Kathir-”descending in hosts”.Ĥ Lit., “and inspiration”. Tanaz zalul malaa-ikatu war roohu feeha bi izni-rab bihim min kulli amrĤ. The Night of Destiny is better than a thousand months: 2Ģ Sc., “in which there was no similar night” (Razi). ![]() ![]() And what could make thee conceive what it is, that Night of Destiny? On the basis of several Traditions it may be assumed that it was one of the last ten nights-probably the twenty-seventh-of the month of Ramadan, thirteen years before the Prophet’s emigration to Medina.Ģ. 1ġ Or: “of Almightiness” or “of Majesty”-thus describing the night on which the Prophet received his first revelation (see introductory note to surah al-‘Alaq). BEHOLD, from on high have We bestowed this on Night of Destiny. ![]()
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