{"id":5913,"date":"2012-07-19T22:46:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T22:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=5913"},"modified":"2014-07-11T18:22:05","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T18:22:05","slug":"it-is-ramadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/it-is-ramadan\/","title":{"rendered":"It is Ramadan!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Tomorrow is the first day of the holy month of <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/ramadan-and-fasting-%d8%b1%d9%85%d8%b6%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%88-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d9%88%d9%85\/\">Ramadan <strong>\u0631\u0645\u0640\u0636\u0640\u0640\u0627\u0646<\/strong><\/a> . Ramadan is the time when Muslims all over the world fast. The fasting of Ramadan is one of the five <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/the-pillars-of-islam-%d8%a3%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85\/\">pillars of Islam<\/a>. Since Ramadan is a special month in the Muslim calendar, it is celebrated in so many different ways. Parents buy their children <strong>\u0623\u0637\u0641\u0627\u0644<\/strong> special lights called <strong>\u0641\u0640\u0640\u0627\u0646\u0640\u0640\u0648\u0633<\/strong> \/fanoos\/ some days before the months starts. Children go out into the streets playing with these lights and singing Ramadan songs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Streets <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0648\u0627\u0631\u0639<\/strong> , houses <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0627\u0632\u0644<\/strong> and mosques <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0627\u062c\u062f<\/strong> \u00a0are decorated and lightened with bright and colored lights <strong>\u0623\u0646\u0648\u0627\u0631<\/strong> that are similar to Christmas lights. Markets <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u0648\u0627\u0642<\/strong> become busy in Ramadan as the act of buying <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0627\u0621<\/strong> and selling <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0628\u064a\u0639<\/strong> increase. Congratulations <strong>\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0647\u0627\u0646\u064a<\/strong> are heard everywhere regardless whether people do know each other or not. People keep smiling <strong>\u064a\u0628\u062a\u0633\u0645\u0648\u0646<\/strong> at each others and offences <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0647\u0627\u0646\u0627\u062a<\/strong> are minimized. If it happens \u00a0and we heard someone insulting <strong>\u064a\u0634\u062a\u0645<\/strong> another, the expected reply would be, &#8220;Forgive me Allah, I am fasting <strong>\u0623\u0633\u062a\u063a\u0641\u0631<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647<\/strong> , <strong>\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0635\u0627\u0626\u0645<\/strong> &#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Different and special kinds of foods and drinks are prepared, bought or sold. Konafa <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0643\u0640\u0640\u064f\u0640\u0640\u0646\u0640\u0640\u0627\u0641\u0640\u0640\u0629<\/strong> is a special dessert <strong>\u062d\u0644\u0648\u0649<\/strong> for Ramadan. Dried dates <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0644\u062d<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062c\u0641\u0641<\/strong> and dried grapes <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0632\u0628\u064a\u0628<\/strong> are also preferred in Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mosques get crowded with people doing different prayers and the Taraweeh prayer <strong>\u0635\u0644\u0627\u0629<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0648\u064a\u062d<\/strong> is unique to Ramadan. Qur&#8217;an <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0622\u0646<\/strong> \u00a0is recited a lot. People give away food and money to the poor <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0621<\/strong> \u00a0as people feel he hunger alike, so the sense of sharing does increase in Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Check us back soon <\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Peace\u00a0 \u0633\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0644\u0627\u0645 \/Salam\/<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"263\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/07\/\u0641\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0633-\u0631\u0645\u0636\u0627\u06461-263x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/07\/\u0641\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0633-\u0631\u0645\u0636\u0627\u06461-263x350.jpg 263w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/07\/\u0641\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0633-\u0631\u0645\u0636\u0627\u06461.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Tomorrow is the first day of the holy month of Ramadan \u0631\u0645\u0640\u0636\u0640\u0640\u0627\u0646 . Ramadan is the time when Muslims all over the world fast. The fasting of Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam. 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