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Muhfuz" to be lodged in the lower heavens in the House of Honor. It was there that it
remained until Allah commanded its verses and chapters to be sent down at their
predetermined time.
The Revelation of the Holy Koran took place over a period of twenty-three years,
sometimes with long intervals between their sending.
Allah refers to this great event in Chapter 97 of the Koran:
"We sent this (the Holy Koran) down on the Night of Honor.
What could let you know what the Night of Honor is!
The Night of Honor is better than a thousand months,
in that the angels and the Spirit (Gabriel) descend
by the permission of their Lord upon every command.
Peace it is, till the break of dawn."
A thousand months is equal to 83 years which is the span of a life time. What is meant is
remained until Allah commanded its verses and chapters to be sent down at their
predetermined time.
The Revelation of the Holy Koran took place over a period of twenty-three years,
sometimes with long intervals between their sending.
Allah refers to this great event in Chapter 97 of the Koran:
"We sent this (the Holy Koran) down on the Night of Honor.
What could let you know what the Night of Honor is!
The Night of Honor is better than a thousand months,
in that the angels and the Spirit (Gabriel) descend
by the permission of their Lord upon every command.
Peace it is, till the break of dawn."
A thousand months is equal to 83 years which is the span of a life time. What is meant is