It was narrated from the Messenger of Allah and his family that he said to his companions while they were saying, "O Messenger of Allah, Ramadan has departed." The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) replied: "Ramadan neither departs nor arrives, nor does it have a substitute." And he said: "Rather, the Month of Ramadan departs and arrives and has a substitute. But Ramadan neither departs nor arrives. So do not say 'Ramadan,' for by Allah, you do not know what Ramadan is. Instead, say as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said: {The month of Ramadan in which the Quran was revealed}. Have you not heard the saying of Allah: {So whoever among you witnesses the Month, let him fast it}? You witness the Month, but as for Ramadan, you are unable to witness it. The Month is only attributed to it as an act of honoring, glorifying, and ennobling Ramadan. Indeed, Ramadan is in the highest place; Ramadan is higher than anything you can imagine. His rank is great, and his station is elevated, and he is close to us, and nothing is closer in station, nor greater in rank before Allah, nor more noble in position, nor higher in place before Allah in terms of honor, majesty, glorification, ennoblement, and preference. And He made all the days of the month of Ramadan a mandated obligation and a necessary duty; and He made its nights a binding variety; and He placed in it the Night of Decree [Laylat al-Qadr], which is better than a thousand months; and in it the Quran was sent down.

By it, the letters were composed, and from it is the Letter of Speech; and in it are the firm [Muhkamat] revelations from One Who is Wise and