Ramaḍān

التعريف

The blessed month in which the Qur'an was first revealed, in which the gates of Paradise are opened and the gates of Hell closed, and in which Laylat al-Qadr — better than a thousand months — falls.

النطق: ra-ma-ḌĀN

الاشتقاق والجذر

From ر-م-ض (r-m-ḍ), meaning 'intense heat' — the month was named when it once fell in the height of summer.

الاستخدام في القرآن

'The month of Ramaḍān is that in which was revealed the Qur'an, a guidance for the people.' (al-Baqarah 2:185)

التطبيق العملي

Plan Ramaḍān before it begins — Qur'an goal, ṣadaqah plan, i‘tikāf intention. Without planning, the month passes and the soul is the same.

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