Arabic (Original)
«يَرْحَمُ اللهُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهَا فِي رَمَضَانَ وَلَكِنَّهُ عَمَّى عَلَى النَّاسِ حَتَّى لَا يَتَكَلَّمُوا وَالَّذِي أَنْزَلَ الْكِتَابَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ» إِنَّهَا لَفِي رَمَضَانَ وَإِنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ قُلْتُ أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَنَّى عَلِمْتَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ «بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي أَخْبَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَدْ رَأَيْنَا وَحَفِظْنَا فَوَاللهِ إِنَّهَا لَهِيَ لَا يَسْتَثْنِي» قُلْتُ لِزِرٍّ وَمَا الْآيَةُ؟ قَالَ «تَطْلُعُ الشَّمْسُ غَدَاتَئِذٍ كَأَنَّهَا طَسْتٌ لَيْسَ لَهَا شُعَاعٌ» الطبراني ٩٥٨٠: عن
English Translation
'May Allah have mercy on Abu Abd al-Rahman. He knew it was in Ramadan, but he obscured it from the people so they would not become complacent. By the One Who revealed the Book upon Muhammad (peace be upon him), it is in Ramadan, and it is the night of the twenty-seventh.' I said: 'O Abu al-Mundhir, how do you know that?' He said: 'By the sign that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) informed us of. We observed it and memorized it. By Allah, it is indeed that night, without exception.' I said to Zirr: What is the sign? He said: 'The sun rises that morning like a basin without rays until it rises high.'