The last decade days of Ramazaan are called, consecutively, the nights of power. There are deep roots in the Islamic history, which when shuffled, expose the Infinity.
Prophet Mohammed-peace-be-upon-him followed a regime of going to a cave, located over a hill, every night, for practicing penance. He used to meditate and follow His breaths, all night. He was curious to know His identity and His aim of life as a human. He turned orphan in His very tender age and was later, married to a widow. Hardships were the first thing that He saw, on opening His eyes in this physical world. His struggles were immense and the duration was challenging. From his age of fourteen till that of forty, He followed this regime of daily night meditation. He was unaware of every bit of spiritual information, but He used to practice meditation, searching for the answers deep within. His perseverance was worth to be appreciated, even, a single spiritual experience acted as a milestone for His journey ahead.
One night, the night of power, in His fortieth year of His life, He heard an angel Gabriel, in a vision. He saw an immense light, through which any celestial being proclaimed to be the messenger of Allah. That was the moment, when Prophet Mohammed came to know about the existence of Allah, and He being the creator of the entire cosmos and even Prophet’s body. Angel asked Him to read the entire Aayat (series of chantings). He told Her to be illiterate, and could not read. But, the Angel insisted for Allah had said it Himself. Prophet read the entire chanting, without a speck of mistake. Allah could read through Him. Prophet Mohammed-peace-be-upon-him was the first one, to whom the entire Quran was revealed, and the first Surah (verse of Quran) was unveiled in the night of power. In one of the last days of Ramazaan, His aim of life, His identity and the entire Quran was revealed.
The next morning, His family members saw an extraordinary radiance on His face. He was beyond into Infinity. Though they were aware of His good virtues of honesty, truthfulness, dedication and the rest, on that day, there was some magic in the air. He was blessed with the six tenants of life (patience, tolerance, self-control, detachment and the rest), but still He took twenty-six years, to realize His identity. From the next day onwards, there were no visions. There was ultimate blankness, no light, no voice or rather, spiritual experiences. He continued His practice of daily regime, with full-fledged patience. For next two years, He continued with monotony. Exactly after two years, Angel Gabriel gave vision, in same night of power, proclaiming to Prophet, to be The Chosen One, by Allah. She announced that He was chosen as the messenger of Allah for His tasks, and He would illuminate the darkened paths of the common man, with the knowledge of Oneness of Allah and that, all have the same purpose of life. He said that people would not believe Him, as He was suspicious with His daily deeds. They used to think that He absconds to neverland for the entire night. They would protest against Him. But, the wish of Allah never runs dry. Though He faced many challenges while guiding people on the path to Allah, Allah took Him in His arms and carried Him across all tides. Even His life was at risk by the attackers from Mecca, but He never lost faith in Almighty. When He fled to Medina, some parts of the Quran were exposed to Him, there. Now, the revelation flooded to Him.
He was not supposed to run out to the cave, for seeking the knowledge. He was perfect now, practice to be perfect could then be renounced. When people used to come to Him for the solutions to problems, Allah used to unveil the answers to Him, and He used to answer it the way, Allah wanted. When people introspected His answers, they realized the depth inherent within them.
He was an illiterate. But, the knowledge flooding in Him, was the totality. Every occurrence was divulged to Him, from the beginning till the end of each era, from Adam till Jesus Christ, everything was imparted. The role of Moses in the biblical history and the list of the known and the unknown prophets was known. His contact with the intellectual scholars met Him, they were convinced by the truthfulness of His acquired knowledge.
Prophet Mohammed-peace-be-upon-him is said to be the Last Messenger. The reason is that the final revelation, in the most developed form, Quran, was imparted to Him. In the present era of Falsehood (Kaliyuga), people need something to begin with, thus, Quran answers it. It, even, has the answers for deep questions of those who are prepared to know the eternal hidden treasures of Quran.
MORAL: Patience, till the verge of attaining the Infinite is important. We can gather this by remembrance of Thy name.