Not only did Islam begin in this month, it began with a single commandment. It was not a commandment to pray, give charity of even fast in Ramadan; all of these would come much later. Rather, it was a command to learn and seek knowledge, to read.
Original article by Shaykh Ahsan Hanif, Phd, published on Muslimmatters.org
Podcast read and produced by Zeba Khan.