Ramadan 1445 / 2024: The Constants and Variables
It is easy to list the constants during the month of Ramadan as we expect it every year to happen, and it shapes Ramadan the way we know it. But I will mention three main important constants about Ramadan. First, it is the honor of fasting as a response to the call of Allah (ﷻ). […]
Priorities In Ramadan
أولويات في رمضان ويهلُّ علينا هلال رمضان من جديد، لعل الله يبلغنا القبول وقد بلغنا الوصول. ولا بد من تجديد النية مع كل ليلة، وتبييتها توكيداً، واستحضارها تثبيتاً. وإن لهذه الشهر غاية عند الله متمثلة بقوله: “كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ” (البقرة: ١٨٣)، ألا وهي التحقق بمنهج التقوى، فتحفظ […]
Ramadan and Fine Tuning
During Ramadan we move constantly for one month between fast and feast. It is a methodical program aiming at rejuvenating our will to control our desires, emotions, and behavior. Quran refers to this form of control as “taqwa” (تَقْوى). Taqwa is the ability to consciously say “no” to anything that diverts us from Allah (ﷻ) […]
The Guest of Honor: Ramadan
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ “O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you as it has been prescribed for those who have believed before you, so that you may be ever God-fearing.” (Translation by Ahmad Zaki Hammad) The month of forgiveness. The month of […]