The religious and historical significance of the scholarly meaning of the Holy Month of Ramadan.

 The religious and historical significance of the scholarly meaning of the Holy Month of Ramadan. 

I am related to the noble families that reside now in the world in different nations from the royal families of Mughals from Hindustan that were raised Muslim and moved to Punjab in Pakistan while we now do also have Christian cousins in my mother's family.

Ramadan has great meaning in religion and historical significance in all three monotheistic religions as the Holy Month when the angel was sent to reveal the first verses of each of the Holy Books to each prophet (peace be upon them all) of each monotheistic religion that is a major world religion as those religions are officially recognized by historians and lawmakers of nations. 

The prophets (peace be upon them all) are written to be from a blessed lineage all related to each other. 

In modern world religion as taught in history, in this dunya of the worldly matters, religion divides people into different groups that are taught different religious beliefs with the same moral tenets. 

People believe that there is only one God but differ in how they follow their religion and interpretation of texts read in their religion to follow the path to the seven heavens in their religion. Added to religion are different denominations of the same religion, and there are more differences in interpretation. Parents can only provide so much guidance, so they rely on teachers of religion that have certifications to teach religion with more studying and understanding to preach with sermons to the entire group of worshipers. 

Children learn as they become adults to believe in what they learn as they become responsible decision-makers for their families with aging parents. 

Ramadan is fasted from sunrise to sunset every day for 29 or 30 days until the moon is sighted to determine the next day will be Eid-al-Fitr to celebrate the end of fasting in the Holy Month of Ramadan. 

The angel Gibreel (Gabriel) came to each prophet (peace be upon them all) and revealed verses from Allah to each prophet (peace be upon them all) because Allah cannot show His power in the form of a human being people can see and while He can allow His voice to be heard, Allah chose to send His Angel Gibreel to the prophets (peace be upon them all) for those spiritual men to see and hear the Angel Gibreel while he spoke to them and they memorized what was said to them to go and tell people so that the religions could begin. When Islam was beginning, the Angel Gibreel went from the seven heavens of Jannah and appeared to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and spoke to him about how he was chosen as a prophet to begin a new religion of Islam because he was close to Allah created from noor and his spirit was so pure of divine light that he could not commit sin so that he would meet the Angel Gibreel many times in his life and learn the verses as an illiterate man that would become so blessed with a hug from the Angel Gibreel that he as the only prophet (peace be upon him) that began Islam would become literate to be able to speak to the congregation of the first Muslims living in the cities around him while he was an honest merchant by profession that would continue his trade of goods to be sent each time in the cities.

His wife was the first to note his honesty and marry him before he was told he would be a prophet (peace be upon him). She was the first to hear of his meeting with the extraordinary Angel Gibreel sent to guide the prophet (peace be upon him) in the early beginning of the religion of Islam. Two cities of Medinah and Mecca became historically significant in the early religion of Islam. 

Over the years, fasting for Ramadan for Muslims following Islam became one of the 5 Pillars of Islam. The month is said to be the month that is so holy, the angels come closer to Allah's creation of mankind as human beings to hear prayers and Allah listens to the prayers of a fasting believer and grants the prayers sooner than one who does not fast or is not fasting to participate in Ramadan. Both men and women are required to fast although women are exempt from fasting in certain situations. Women can make the fasts up later after the month and can take another month to fast again if they are not able to fast all the fasts for the number of fasts. 

Men are required to finish all 29 or 30 fasts in one month unless they are ill or sick. All Muslims are required to say all of the 5 times daily prayer on time during Ramadan and it is encouraged to say additional optional prayers during the Holy Month of Ramadan, especially the late-night prayers. 

Ramadan is the month for Muslims that the first verses of the Holy Quran were revealed so that it becomes pleasing to Allah to read as much of the Holy Quran as possible while attempting to finish it once during the month of fasting. While Ramadan is for Muslims, it is taught to religious scholars that the same month had the Angel Gibreel appear also to the prophet Moses (peace be upon him) and prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) to reveal the first verses of their respective religions at the beginnings of their religions of Judaism and Christianity so that the verses would be written down for their historical texts of the Holy Books of the Holy Torah or Talmud and the Holy Bible. 

The first 10 days of the Holy Month of Ramadan and the last 10 days of the Holy Month of Ramadan are said to be the most important for the fasting. The last 10 days are a period of Itikaaf where those who can of fasting men and fasting women, are able to seclude themselves for fasting and prayer with a vow of silence during this period while they also break their fast apart from those who are not observing Itikaaf. The last 10 days of the Holy Month of Ramadan are said to include one of the nights as the night that Angel Gibreel went to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) for the first time and the angel revealed the first verse of the Holy Quran as a text that has never changed in its Arabic language as the language it was revealed in. 

Scholars recognize the importance of Ramadan as the month the first Islamic verses were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). It is on the even numbered or odd numbered nights that Lailat-ul-Qadr is said to be, and Muslims are encouraged to search for this night by saying additional prayers on every one of the last 10 nights of Ramadan to be blessed with the spiritual reward of fasting 1000 fasts for a thousand days of fasting equivalent to 83.33 years of fasts. One who finds this night more than once in their life for Ramadan has obtained immense spiritual reward. 

I learned the full significant meaning of Ramadan as a child that was learning of the scholarly meanings in Islam of what is important in the religion and why it is important for how the teachings of the belief in religion affect Muslims in this world of dunya and the spiritual life of Jannah.

I cook with meals available each day of Ramadan for my halal food business with recipes from Punjab, Hyderabad, Peshawar, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Mediterranean, and will add dishes from Sri Lanka and Nepal. 

I am related to the noble families that reside now in the world in different nations from the royal families of Mughals from Hindustan that were raised Muslim and moved to Punjab in Pakistan while we now do also have Christian cousins in my mother's family. 

I encourage those who are praying or fasting or both to visit my website on Shef and have meals of food delivered. 

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From my family to yours of all the denominations of Muslims, have a very blessed Ramadan and may we all live to see another Ramadan full of blessings, prayers, and fasts with our families. Allah knows best. Ameen.