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The Blessed Names of the Month of Ramadân |
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| Name | Meaning |
| Shahru Ramadān | The month of Ramadān |
| Shahr ul Bishāra | The month of Glad Tidings |
| Shahr ul Burhān | The month of the Proof |
| Shahr ul Ghufrān | The month of Forgiveness |
| Shahr ul Ibāda | The month of the Worship of Allāh |
| Shahr ul Ihsān | The month of Goodness |
| Shahr ul Īmān | The month of True Faith |
| Shahru Laylatil Qadr | The month of the Blessed Night of Power for night-long worship |
| Shahr ul Mahāmid | The month of the Praises of Allāh |
| Shahr ul Masābīh | The month of Luminous Lamps |
| Shahr ul Masājid | The month of the Mosques |
| Shahru Nabiyyunā Muhammad alayhis salātu was salām | The month of our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him |
| Shahr ul Qiyām | The month of Standing-up for Prayer |
| Shahr ul Qurān | The month of the Qurān, when it was first revealed |
| Shahr us Saāda | The month of Happiness, the month of Salvation |
| Shahr ush Shahāda | The month of Witnessing |
| Shahr us Siyām | The month of Fasting |
| Shahr ut Tahāra | The month of Purification, of body, heart and soul |
| Shahr ut Tarāwīh | The month of Tarāwīh prayers |
| Shahr ut Tawba | The month of Repentance |
| Shahr uz Ziyāda | The month of Increase (in Allāhs Blessings) |
Source: Tawdī Shahru Ramadān (Farewell
to the Month of Ramadān), a qasīda (poem) in Tabāraka
Dhul Ulā (Blessed is He, The Exalted), by Hujjat ud
Dīn Muhammad bin Abdul Azīz al-Warāq,
Published by Sulaymān Marī,
Note: Various other attributive names of the month of Ramadān can be found in many other kutub (books).
Duā: O Allāh! Give us good health to fast the whole month of Ramadān, protect us from evil, bestow peace on all the Muslims in the whole world, accept our worship and make the month of Ramadān a means of our salvation and a means by which non-Muslims accept Islām. Āmīn.
References:
Reminiscences of Ramadān in Kenya
A Poem in Swahili to Greet Ramadān
Key to the Arabic Transliteration
Ramadān 1423, November 2002.
Toronto, Canada.
Al-Fātiha!