Ramadan is an opportunity to experience the moment of the early revelation of the Quran, as our beloved prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) did.
He secluded himself, away from the noise, with little food and water, Except what he can carry to the top of Al-Noor mountain.
Musa (عليه السلام) had a similar experience before he was given the tablets, He fasted for 30 days, and Allah extended that for another ten days.
Same pattern: Seclusion + hunger = A heart open for revelation.
We need to experience Hiraa physically if we want our hearts to experience the Quran. We need that hug, that embrace from Jibril, that mix of awe and fear and joy that accompanied the first time the divine words of our creators were communicated to a human heart. And that experience comes in a gradual manner, starting from the Ramadan shock in the early days, and building up to the last ten nights, Itikaf, and laylat Al Qadr.
The Quran is meant to be a "heavy speech", It commanded the prophet PBUH and the early Muslims to disrupt their lives, change their priorities, Spend their days in daawa (Stand up and warn your people- قم فأنذر) Spend their nights in worship (Stand up and worship - قم الليل) Such heavy speech requires an open heart, an empty stomach, and a body that’s heavily pushed outside of its comfort zone.
Ramadan is your invitation to create that emptiness, and inject that intentional disruption to your life.
(Inspired by Dr. Ahmad Abdul Moniem.)
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جزاكم الله خيرا كثيرا. Indeed those who are devoted to truth and aspire to Connect with their Creator strive hard to find Him and His Signs. And Allah SWT rewards them with insights, content and and absence of grief.