The end approaches
Aug 27th 2011 21:00
Only Three days left in Ramadan, seems like it started yesterday!
We do not drink or eat for 15 hours, but when it call for the pray of Maghreb (sunset), the first thing to eat (a datte) and to drink (milk) give a great sensation!
Food is an ordinary thing, most of us don't feel real hunger or thirst all our life. So we forget how much it's good and important. After more than half day without drinking, you enjoy a cup of fresh milk like nothing in the world :)
That make us, at least, think about less fortunate people. It remind us to be less greed and less selfish.
The nights are divided on two or three parts.
First, just after Iftar, there is a special prayer after the regular one of Isha, it's called Tarawih التراويح. Some goes to that prayer, the others take a rest at home first.
After that come the family time, either people visit their families or friends to spend the evening or go out. The Ramadan with summer time is a perfect opportunity to spend a large time of the night outside,mainly at amusement parks!
The second part of the night, is for for religion! Just few hours of sleep, then before dawn, people would pray and read long verses of Coran. After what they take a light breakfast before the F'djer(dawn) prayer's call, آذان الفجر.
The time of each part depend on people, they shouldn't forget to make enough time for sleep. For me there was no problem since I'm on vacation ;)
Here is Alpha Blondi (an Ivorian singer) sing: La Illah illa Allah لالإله إلا الله
And here is a song from Constantina,Algeria:
We do not drink or eat for 15 hours, but when it call for the pray of Maghreb (sunset), the first thing to eat (a datte) and to drink (milk) give a great sensation!
Food is an ordinary thing, most of us don't feel real hunger or thirst all our life. So we forget how much it's good and important. After more than half day without drinking, you enjoy a cup of fresh milk like nothing in the world :)
That make us, at least, think about less fortunate people. It remind us to be less greed and less selfish.
The nights are divided on two or three parts.
First, just after Iftar, there is a special prayer after the regular one of Isha, it's called Tarawih التراويح. Some goes to that prayer, the others take a rest at home first.
After that come the family time, either people visit their families or friends to spend the evening or go out. The Ramadan with summer time is a perfect opportunity to spend a large time of the night outside,mainly at amusement parks!
The second part of the night, is for for religion! Just few hours of sleep, then before dawn, people would pray and read long verses of Coran. After what they take a light breakfast before the F'djer(dawn) prayer's call, آذان الفجر.
The time of each part depend on people, they shouldn't forget to make enough time for sleep. For me there was no problem since I'm on vacation ;)
Here is Alpha Blondi (an Ivorian singer) sing: La Illah illa Allah لالإله إلا الله
And here is a song from Constantina,Algeria:
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Only three days left in Ramadan, it seems like it started yesterday!
We do not drink or eat for 15 hours, but when it at the Maghreb (sunset) call for prayer of Maghreb (sunset), the first thing to eat (a date) and to drink (milk) give a great sensation!
So we forget how much it's good and important it is.
That makes us, at least, think about less fortunate people.
It remind us to be less greedy and less selfish.
The nights are divided into two or three parts.
Some goes to that prayer, the others take a rest at home first. ( "some" = "some people" is plural)
After that comes the family time, either people visit their families or friends to spend the evening or go out. ("family time comes"... "family time" is singular)
The Ramadan in summer time is a perfect opportunity to spend a large part of the night outside,mainly at amusement parks!
The second part of the night, is for for religion! (you shouldn't put a comma between the subject and the verb)
Just a few hours of sleep, then before dawn, people would pray and read long verses of Coran.
The time of each part depends on people, they shouldn't forget to make enough time for sleep.
I read some books over the last month, like Rumi's Masnavi. And a book 'Garden of Truth' about the Sufis, by Seyyed Hossein Nasr. I love this tradition within Islam. And read many books about the Sufis. I'm still learning about the overall religion, though. I only know the basics from the few books I read in college. And Karen Armstrong's book on Islamic history. It takes me a long time to understand anything, because I can only understand it in depth. And not immediately.
Chek his song "Brigadier Sabari" it was a real hit in the 80S ;)
Sufis books are very spiritual, that's why it would be difficult to understand easily, but it's beautifly said and they concentrate on the meditation part.
Islam have mainly three part, meditation, reason (logic, philosophy, thinking and knowledge), and practical life (treatement between people), those parts make a faithful person and lead him to well pray his God!
I will look for this song 'Brigadier Sabari".
I know that a lot of famous reggae songs like "Rivers of Babylon" and "The Israelites" are about religious history. Usually with two meanings: a metaphor for some problem in the current world, and a celebration of history. This is how Christians have used stories about the prophets for a long time, in speaking or in songs. So they can always be personal, political, or religious.
The Sufi books are easy to understand. But there is so much to read still. This book Garden of Truth is talking about all three: practical, philosophy, and meditation. This author is very knowledgeable. There are a lot of Arabic words used in this book. I'm glad I know most of them already. I'm surprised to find that a lot of common words in Arabic have a lot of religious meaning: shahadah, tariqa, haqiqa, ma'arifa, the 99 names of God, etc.