^1 4- He clarified its excellence over other months by the...

^1 4- He clarified its excellence over other months by the many sacred things and well-known excellencies which He placed therein, for He made unlawful in it what He declared lawful in others to magnify it, He prohibited foods and drinks in it to honour it, and He appointed for it a clear time which He (majestic and mighty is He) allows not to be set forward and accepts not to be placed behind.

5- Then He made one of its nights surpass the nights of a thousand months and named it the Night of Decree; in it the angels and the Spirit descend by the leave of their Lord upon every command, a peace ^2 constant in blessings until the rising of the dawn upon whomsoever He will of His servants according to the decision He has made firm. 6- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, inspire us with knowledge of its…