The Meaning of Ramadan

The Meaning of Ramadan

Ahmad Juwayni - from: detikRamadan

To understand the meaning of Ramadan, we can trace from a variety of designations attached to the month of Ramadan. Ramadan is also known by many names designation. All this name shows on the meaning of Ramadan.

Among the various names that are often used to describe the month of Ramadan is:

1. Syahrut-MT (Education Month)

Ramadan called syahrut Tarbiyah or month of education, because this month we are trained by Allah SWT. Like eating in a timely manner so that our health intact. Or we are taught by Allah in order to set the time in our lives. When meal time, when it works, when it breaks and when time of worship. We are also trained to be patient with hunger and thirst.

2. Syahrul Jihad (Month earnest and Fight)

During the war many of the Prophet actually happened during Ramadan and it was all won by the Muslims. The most important thing for us now in the month of Ramadan is the jihad against our own desires, so we still mean it runs kita.Kita activities required to continue to be able to resist our passions that will plunge us in the vices and humiliation.

3. Syahrul Quran (Koran Months)

Al-Qur'an was first revealed during Ramadan and this month we are encouraged to read and study the contents of the Koran so that our ideology and understand about the rule of God contained therein. By reading the Qur'an in Ramadan, we will get a double reward from Allah SWT.

4. Syahrul Ukhuwah (Month Brotherhood)

In this month we feel very ukhuwah among the Muslims are very closely interwoven with the always interact in the mosque or the mosque for prayers melakkukan congregation.

And among the neighbors also deliver food to each other so fast among the Muslims felt once our togetherness and unity. We must take advantage of Ramadan to reproduce this relationship in order to improve the fraternity.

5. Syahrul Worship (Moon Worship)

Ramadan is also called the month of worship because this month we do a lot of rites of worship obligatory sunnah as well as voluntary prayer Dhuha, rawatib and tarawih or qiyamullail and tadarusan al-Qur'an. Even meniatkan that we too must work for a living also is worship. Included in our worship is serious in developing and improving the life of the nation.

6. Syahrul Muwasah (Month HELPFUL)

Referred to the month of Ramadan bring relief, because this month we are encouraged to give alms to many people who can not afford. In this month we are encouraged to give a lot of fast food to people who are fasting, especially for poor people. At the end of Ramadan, we are obliged to issue a tithe as falsifies our Ramadan fasting. Helping people who are experiencing difficulty in Ramadan has a high reward value.

*) Juwayni Ahmad is Executive Director Dhuafa Wallet.

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translated by: Budi R. Sidik