Ramadan
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community. A commemoration of Muhammad's first revelation, the... Wikipedia
- Also called: Albanian: Ramazani, Azerbaijani: Ramazan, Bosnian: Ramazan, Bengali: রমজান, translit. Rômzan / Rômjan, Maldivian: ރޯދަމަސް / ރަމަޟާން, Hindustani: رمضان / रमज़ान, romanized: Ramzān, Kazakh: Рамазан, Kurdish: ڕەمەزان , translit. Remezan, Kyrgyz: Рамазан, Persian: رمضان , translit. Ramazān , Malay: Puasa, Pashto: روژه , Punjabi: رمضان / ਰਮਜ਼ਾਨ, translit. Ramzān, Somali: Rabadaan or Rabmadaan, Tamil: ரமலான், translit. Ramalān, Thai: เราะมะฎอน, translit. Romadon, Turkish: Ramazan, Sindhi: روزو , Zazaki: Remezan
- Observed by: Muslims
- Celebrations: Community iftars and prayers
- Observances: Fasting (sawm), Almsgiving (zakat and sadaqah), Commemorating the Night of Power, Reading the Quran, Abstaining from all bad deeds and staying humble, Tarawih prayer (Sunni Muslims)
- Begins: At the last night of the month of Sha'ban
- Ends: At the last night of the month of Ramadan
- Date: Variable (follows the Islamic lunar calendar)
- date: Variable (follows the Islamic lunar calendar)
- Frequency: Annual (lunar calendar)
- Related to: Eid al-Fitr, Night of Power
- Data source: DuckDuckGo