3إِنّا أَنزَلناهُ في لَيلَةٍ مُبارَكَةٍ ۚ إِنّا كُنّا مُنذِرينَMuhammad AsadBehold, from on high have We bestowed it on a blessed night:1 for, verily, We have always been warning [man].2I.e., the night on which the revelation of the Qur'an began: see surah 97.The revelation of the Qur'an is but a continuation and, indeed, the climax of all divine revelation which has been going on since the very dawn of human consciousness. Its innermost purpose has always been the warning extended by God to man not to abandon himself to mere material ambitions and pursuits and, thus, to lose sight of spiritual values.