Hot/"ramadan" Answer
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Beautiful moon over here in the Middle East.
Salaam,
We (my family and I) saw the reddish 'scorching full moon' here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 19.52 local time (7.52am NY/12.52pm London) last night. It was a delay of almost 20 minutes from the scheduled 19.33 moonrise, possibly due to some hilltops over the horizon that the moon had to clear first, as well as the thick haze enveloping KL these last few days. By 20.45, it was huge, beautiful and high in the sky. Took photos, but unfortunately unable to upload them here. Will work on it.
We are now fasting dawn to dusk for the next ten days. For now, I am convinced that bro Dr Ayman's interpretation of the relevant verses is the best, until and if I find a better one.
God bless all.
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Beautiful moon over here in the Middle East.
In the middle east the moon appears more dramatic due to the dusty atmosphere of the desert which refracts the moon light even more and gives it more red appearance. The Arabs must have been fascinated by this red hot moon that signals the hot time of the year and this is why they called it the scorching full moon/"shahr ramadan". Please post pictures if you can. You can use websites such as http//tinypic.com/ to upload the pics and share the links here.
Peace and best wishes,
Ayman
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We (my family and I) saw the reddish 'scorching full moon' here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 19.52 local time (7.52am NY/12.52pm London) last night. It was a delay of almost 20 minutes from the scheduled 19.33 moonrise, possibly due to some hilltops over the horizon that the moon had to clear first, as well as the thick haze enveloping KL these last few days. By 20.45, it was huge, beautiful and high in the sky. Took photos, but unfortunately unable to upload them here. Will work on it.
We are now fasting dawn to dusk for the next ten days. For now, I am convinced that bro Dr Ayman's interpretation of the relevant verses is the best, until and if I find a better one.Yes, it does take a little while after its rise for the full-moon to clear the hilly terrain and trees. It is amazing how the great reading pinpoints the exact spot where the full moon rises. I just tell my family to look at the aferglow of the sunset and then turn 180 degrees to the darkest point in the sky where the night seems to be spreading out from. From that exact point the full-moon eventually appears exactly like the signs in the great reading say. It is a great experience to witness the god's signs in action. God bless you and your family.
Peace and best regards,
Ayman
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Peace dear brother Abdelilah,
I'm afraid we won't be able to witness the full moon over here. Very cloudy in Belgium and the Netherlands. We hope for the best. For those of you who are lucky enough to witness it http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9188.msg327565#msg327565
This year I initially wasn't able to clearly see it too due to cloud cover in my area. However, I looked at the afterglow of the sunset and then turned around 180 degrees to the darkest point in the sky where the darkness seemed to be spreading from. Amazingly, just a little over the horizon there was this orange glow faintly coming from behind the clouds. My family was amazed at how I was able pin point the location of the full-moon and identify it despite the cloud cover. This is because the god's signs showed me exactly where to look. Later the moon rose enough to be above the clouds in the distance and we were able to see it between the clouds.
Peace and god bless you,
Ayman
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Salam,
It has been cloudy in London, UK... but there was some periods of clear, and I have quite a few pictures I managed to shoot with my smartphone...
I selected a few
It would have been nice if I could get shots of the moon lower to the horizon, but it was below buildings, and there were clouds then...
comment the Moon came from the opposite direction to the Sun, i.e. from the West...
PS. I do not know how to insert them here as images... (
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https//www.dropbox.com/s/aajzs8z4ztzm0q7/20130623_234431.jpg
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Salam, I'm not sure if it is able to upload image file but you can copy and paste the image link like this
Click on the Mona Lisa's icon above these emoticons and insert the image links beween the two ]'s.
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Salaam,
Took photos, but unfortunately unable to upload them here. Will work on it.
Ok, worked it out using "TinyPic.com" - thanks bro Ayman.
- At 7.52pm, KL time, Sunday 6/23/2013, above invisible treelined hilltops - emerging super full moon almost imperceptible
http//i43.tinypic.com/5me4ps.jpg
- At 8.42pm, from a different location in KL, surrounding looks clear due to using flash
http//i41.tinypic.com/2m2xobn.jpg
- At 8.44pm, from the same location as 2. above but not using flash
http//i40.tinypic.com/s17y3s.jpg
Best and God bless.
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Peace everyone.
This picture was taken on top of the Lousberg at Aachen, Germany one hour after the calculated rise of the moon. It wasn't reddish anymore, but slightly yellow. I am sorry for the bad quality of my camera.
http//i42.tinypic.com/2psq3jd.jpg
About half an hour earlier I could see the moon shining deeply orange through the clouds, but unfortunately only for a few seconds and only a small part of the moon was visible. Nevertheless I can imagine how impressive this full moon would have been, if there were no clouds obstructing its light. I was impressed anyway.
Peace,
Timur
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God willing, it will work now
http//i44.tinypic.com/2hdqiy0.jpg
this is an interesting one, as it seems to moon is reflected off the clouds themselves
http//i44.tinypic.com/2h3pthw.jpg
when sky became clearer, on its own, almost
http//i41.tinypic.com/2zzhpcj.jpg
behind a window (suffers from refraction)
http//i40.tinypic.com/2mc9lir.jpg
All praise belong to Allah the Master of the Universe...
Salam
Nabil
PS - using http//tinypic.com
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peace
bravooo quraniyoons are going to fast in the full moon of summer solstice, now they will be worshipers of the sun.
what I understandThe year has 12 (aljazeem/almaany dictionaries=months, declare, announce, proclaim, promulgate, etc. but never full moon, so full moon=conjecture. is moon ) and we have to fast 1 and not a number of days as many twist it.
2185 of Ramadan in which the Qur'an was ...... Hence, whoever of you lives to see then shall fast it ...........
as you see the word says to fast the shahru, and not in the shahru. the "in/therein" is none existing, so the translators must be adding it. Maybe they wish to fast a short time in it and not it.now, the problem of confusion because every body says, "is not a month but a number of days, " is because of the next two verses, but lest see them in a different light2183O YOU who have attained to faith! Fasting is ordained for you as it was ordained for those before you, so that you might remain conscious of God (2184) during a certain number of days. But whoever .....
as you see the verse number and word "fasting" are being added, but if we remove that, we end up with the fragment "a number of days"; however, this is solved if we add this fragment to the previous phrase, then we se the complete meaning. Arranged in this way, without adding or deleting words, the verses are not referring/talking about to the length of fasting anymore, but to the purpose of the fast.2183O YOU who have attained to faith! Fasting is ordained for you as it was ordained for those before you, so that you might remain conscious of God during a number of days. But whoever .....The cycle of the moon even in the polytheist calendars has been for thousands of years from when first appears until it disappears. If we accept your wonderful find o that a cycle of the moon is from one full moon to next full moon, then a day is from mid day to mid day , and not from down to dusk. Definitely, no body can guide to whom God wants to lead astray '(.
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peace, Ayman and more
Sorry for my English but I little speak your language and I the use a translator to read and express me
I always ask the question whether it was the moment of the breaking of the fast and reading these verses I think understand how determining the beginning and the end of the period of prayer to the dawn and the sunset, and this will also determine the time of breaking the fast.
Here is the reason for my analysis
56.75.
56.75. Nay, I swear by the places of the stars
56.75. Fala oqsimu bimawaqiAAi alnnujoomi
16.16.
16.16. And landmarks (too), and by the star they find a way.
16.16. WaAAalamatin wabialnnajmi hum yahtadoona
6.97.
6.97. And He it is Who hath set for you the stars that ye may guide your course by them amid the darkness of the land and the sea We have detailed Our revelations for a people who have knowledge.
These verses explain that the stars are cosmic benchmarks, and not a measurement tool, but complements the Sun and the Moon
52.49.
52.49. And in the night time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars.
52.49. Wamina allayli fasabbihhu wa-idbara alnnujoomi
This verse explains that the end of the appearance of Star plurals so less than three stars determines the exact time of the dawn, and by mirroring this also applies to the sunset with the appearance in the sky of a minimum of 3 stars to define accurately the night, thus breaking the fast. I is not need stress you that the appearance or disappearance of the Sun at the horizon determines the end or the beginning of the prayers.
What think you?
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Et ce verset explique que la fin de l?apparition d??toile aux pluriels donc moins de trois ?toiles d?termine le moment exact de l?aube, et par effet miroir cela s?applique aussi au coucher du soleil avec l?apparition dans le ciel d?un minimum de 3 ?toiles pour d?finir avec exactitude la nuit, donc la rupture du je?ne. -
peace
bravooo quraniyoons are going to fast in the full moon of summer solstice, now they will be worshipers of the sun.
what I understandThe year has 12 (aljazeem/almaany dictionaries=months, declare, announce, proclaim, promulgate, etc. but never full moon, so full moon=conjecture. is moon ) and we have to fast 1 and not a number of days as many twist it.
2185 of Ramadan in which the Qur'an was ...... Hence, whoever of you lives to see then shall fast it ...........
as you see the word says to fast the shahru, and not in the shahru. the "in/therein" is none existing, so the translators must be adding it. Maybe they wish to fast a short time in it and not it.now, the problem of confusion because every body says, "is not a month but a number of days, " is because of the next two verses, but lest see them in a different light2183O YOU who have attained to faith! Fasting is ordained for you as it was ordained for those before you, so that you might remain conscious of God (2184) during a certain number of days. But whoever .....
as you see the verse number and word "fasting" are being added, but if we remove that, we end up with the fragment "a number of days"; however, this is solved if we add this fragment to the previous phrase, then we se the complete meaning. Arranged in this way, without adding or deleting words, the verses are not referring/talking about to the length of fasting anymore, but to the purpose of the fast.2183O YOU who have attained to faith! Fasting is ordained for you as it was ordained for those before you, so that you might remain conscious of God during a number of days. But whoever .....The cycle of the moon even in the polytheist calendars has been for thousands of years from when first appears until it disappears. If we accept your wonderful find that a cycle of the moon is from one full moon to next full moon, then a day is from mid day to mid day , and not from down to dusk. Definitely, no body can guide to whom God wants to lead astray '(.
Salaam Dear wrkmmn,
Your reasoning is flawless and quite logical. GOD bless you.
Peace,
Khalil -
2185 of Ramadan in which the Qur'an was ...... Hence, whoever of you lives to see then shall fast it ...........
as you see the word says to fast the shahru, and not in the shahru. the "in/therein" is none existing, so the translators must be adding it. Maybe they wish to fast a short time in it and not it.Peace,
According to you, we have to fast a single day as per falYASUMhu, as it is referring to only one sawm of the month?
You are making it more easier broMay Allah increase our knowledge and guide us on His path pr
mmKhan -
Peace everyone,
To be dismayed, and use the type of sarcasm included in previous posts, because people have come to a different conclusion to you about a particular practice, in this case Ramadan - especially because they might not the ins and outs of Arabic, makes me wonder. It makes me wonder about what people think it means to be Muslim. Being knowledgeable in Arabic can have its benefits, but Allah swt is the Most High in Majesty, if He wills it anyone can understand however much they need to of the Quran - even if they only grasp a small out of Arabic. That small amount being the Arabic they pick up while reading it.
I would have thought what would matter is all those things that anyone - without knowing Arabic - can understand in immense detail. Such as when Luqman talks to his son about important things - it refers to not creating associates with Allah swt, not being arrogant, thankfulness to Allah swt, good to parents (and implied there is that parents are good to children and bring them up well), that Allah swt sees and hears all things in a way we don't need to know, about building our relationship with God swt. All of these things are central and important as described as wisdom given to Luqman. Not just did he know it but he emphasised practicing it. Arabic can be looked up by non-Muslims and they can work out their own conclusions as done here about Ramadan and similar things, if they come to the "right" conclusion, does that make them Muslim? I don't think so, what matters is sincerity to Allah swt and that people practice the things Allah swt mentions many times in terms of our character and our behaviour. The central Islamic principles could be something everyone who will come to the path practices --- even prior to fully embracing Islam in terms of One God or fully accepting the Quran. So it seems that that is what is most important. Exploring other practices has its place too, but the most often repeated verses contain other Quranic/Islamic principles about behaviour.
May Allah swt bless and reward all those strive in His way no matter how "small" it may seem, Allah swt is appreciative, all Praise is ultimately due to our Cherisher.
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Salaam Dear sister,
I did not have the slightest intention of being SARCASTIC in my post. I just wanted to let WRKMMN to know that, according to verses of The Qur?aan, I have the same understanding regarding RAMADZAN, i.e. the MONTH OF FASTING. I wanted to confirm that ALLAAH, swt, has ordained for us to FAST the WHOLE month of RAMADZAN, i.e. from the NEW MOON CRESENT of the NINTH month of Islamic LUNAR calendar-year to the NEW MOON CRESENT of the TENTH month, i.e. to fast either 29 or 30 consecutive days through the WHOLE month of RAMADZAN. The Qur?aan is straightforward regarding this issue. Exotic and philosophical interpretations are nothing but innovative conjectures.
And I agree with you 100% when you say ?... Allah swt is the Most High in Majesty, if He wills it anyone can understand however much they need to of the Quran - even if they only grasp a small out of Arabic...?
Our degree of Guidance doesn?t have anything to do with our academic, linguistic, theological, and whatnot knowledge.
Peace,
Khalil -
Peace brother,
I wasn't really referring to you. I was also mentioning it because I've seen the sentiment expressed elsewhere on here or other places. People are free to express that, I'm just saying, it makes me wonder a little.
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It's called the Ego... or Uncontrolled Mind. It jumps at statements we hear, being very very defensive... interpreting so many things as threats against us(itself). Useless bickering, debates and arguments are a sign of the uncontrolled mind... running the show while our real selves are at it's mercy due to "unconsciousness"....
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You can see the meanings in Classical Arabic dictionaries such as Lisan Al-3arab as I quoted earlier on this thread or summarized here
http//www.free-minds.org/articles/science/timing.htm
Peace,
Ayman
Salam.
Most of your articles can no longer be seen/read in the new free-minds website. Where can we find them; especially the ones dealing with shahr ramadhan and salah/learning connection?
Alhamdulillah.
Ramon