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
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