RAMADAAN UL MUBAARAK
The Meaning of Ramadaan
Q. 1: What is "Rozah" (Saum)?
Ramadaan comes from the Arabic root ramadaa, which means severe
heat, as in the harsh heat of the sun scorching the earth.
The Holy Prophet Muhammad [peace be upon him] said:
"Surely, the month of Ramadaan has been named so because it
scorches away the sins."
Through the properties of heat do metals become purified, relieved of impurities that weaken the metal and actually change its identity.
Ramadan is a time of purification, a reawakening of our
original identity
a way to filter out all that makes us captive to the things of
this Duniyaa.[Temporarily world]
Fasting is a universal institution in as much as all the religions of the world.
It is reported in Tafseer e Kabeer that fasting was compulsory on all the previous nations,
from the nation of Hazrat Aadam
[Alaiehis-Salaam] to the nation of Hazrat Ieesaa [Alaiehis-Salaam]
It has been practiced in different cultures around the world, from the Babylonians to the Incas,
the Confucians, Jains, the Zoroaster Romans, the Babylonians, Assyrians followers of Hinduism,
Confucius they have all practiced it. The philosophers, cynic, Stoic, Pythagorean or Neo-Platonic, left advice for fast.
Great religious personalities throughout history have adopted
fasting as the principal method of self-discipline.
Before the advent of Islaam, the institution of fasting was well
established among the Christians and Jews living at that time.
Hazrat Nabi Moosaa [Alaiehis-Salaam] prepared himself to receive revelation from Almighty Allaah after forty days of fasting.
The Jews observed
an annual fast on the Day of Atonement in commemoration of the descent of
Prophet [Moosaa [Alaiehis Salaam] from Mountain Sinai.
Fasting on the day of Ashooraah (10th Muharram) was compulsory
for the nation of Hazrat Moosaa [Alaiehis-Salaam]
Hazrat Nabi Ieesaa [Alaiehis-Salaam] fasted for forty days in
the desert and commanded his followers to fast.
Leaving the message that fasting and self control opens the door
to a deeper, more intimate, more powerful relationship with God [Allaah
Almighty].
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