Ramadan in Islam

Définitions de Ramadan sur le Web : ( Français)

Le ramadan (en arabe رَمَضَان ramaḍān) est le 9 mois du calendrier musulman. C'est le mois pendant lequel les musulmans pratiquent un jeûne ou ṣawm (saoum) صَوْم. Le jeûne du mois de ramadan constitue le quatrième des cinq piliers de l'islam. En français, ramadan désigne plus souvent le jeûne lui-même que le mois. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadan

Le mois du jeûne, le neuvième mois de l'année lunaire musulmane, durant lequel chaque adulte musulman qui est en bonne santé jeûne chaque jour depuis la première lueur de l'aube jusqu'au coucher du soleil. Le Qour'an commença à être révélé au mois de Ramadan. Le jeune de Ramadan est un des piliers de l'Islam. annissa.edaama.org/glossaire.htm

période pendant laquelle les musulmans jeûnent du matin au soir. g.mace.free.fr/vochist5.htm

nm Neuvième mois du calendrier lunaire musulman. Mois sacré pendant lequel les musulmans ont la stricte obligation du jeûne et de la continence de l'aube au coucher du soleil. webpublic.ac-dijon.fr/pedago/cdi/maghreb/lexique.htm

Période de jeûne, correspondant au mois lunaire de même nom, pendant laquelle les musulmans doivent s'astreindre à l'abstinence du lever au coucher du soleil. ahama.9online.fr/glossaire.htm

Definitions of Ramadan on the web ( English)

The ninth month of the Muslim lunar calendar, month of fasting throughout hours of daylight. www.rawa.org/glossary.html

month of fasting www.infohub.com/Destinations/Africa-&-Middle-East/Morocco/89846.htm

The ninth month of the Islamic year, is the month in which the Koran was revealed to Muhammad. According to Muslim tradition, the actual revelation occurred on the night between the 26th and 27th days of the month. On this "Night of Determination," God determines the fate of the world for the coming year. www.theisraelproject.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp

A Muslim period of daytime fasting and contemplation which lasts for a lunar month of about 28 days. It commemorates the transmission of the Qur'an by the archangel Gabriel to Muhammad. www.religioustolerance.org/gl_r.htm

Moslem fasting month which takes place in the ninth month of the Arabic calender home.swipnet.se/~w-15266/indons/acronym/acrort.htm

"Islamic month long commemoration of Muhammad's reception of the divine revelation recorded in the Qur'an. The event begins when authorities in Saudi Arabia sight the new moon of the 9th month. It is the holiest period of the Islamic Year. There is strict fasting from sunrise to sunset." [9] isaalmasih.net/other/glossary.html

The fourth pillar of Islam is that Muslims shall fast from sunrise to sunset during this month. The end of ramadan is a three-day celebration called Eid al-fitr, the Lesser Feast. faculty.juniata.edu/tuten/islamic/glossary.html

The ninth month of the Islamic calender, during which fasting is required from just before dawn until sunset, as ordered by Allah in the Qur'an. re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk/gcsere/glossaries/islamglos.html

India/Middle East/North Africa The Muslim month of fasting or purification. www.britishempire.co.uk/glossary/r.htm

The ninth month of the Muslim calender in which Muslims do not smoke, eat, drink, or have sex from sunrise to sunset. library.thinkquest.org/25416/gloss.htm

the ninth month of the Muslim year, during which one fasts from sunrise to sunset, not only from food, drink and sexual relations, but also from impure thoughts and harsh actions. Similar to Lent in the Christian tradition, it is a time of intense introspection and reaffirmation of one's faith. In Islam, this fast, Siyam, is one of the Five Pillars of Faith. staff.jccc.net/thoare/gl%20q%20to%20z.htm

the holy month of prescribed fasting for the Muslims. It was during this month that the Quranic revelations began. www.islamcan.com/dictionary/cgi-bin/csvread.pl

The holy month of Muslims when fasting is practised during daylight hours. www.12-12-12.org/bookappi.htm

the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith

(Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Ramadan or Ramadhan (Arabic: رمضان ) is the ninth month of the Islamic year. Siyam or Saum ("fasting" in English) is the third of the Five Pillars of Islam and involves fasting during Ramadan. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadan

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