event in the Student Activity Center.
Arabic Club President Sarood Al Noori started off the evening with an Arabic poem titled The Last 10 Days that “[was asking] God for forgiveness and [described] how Ramadan is a beautiful thing.” MSA member Yaseen Mohammed brought food for the event, while the Dubai Embassy provided the food for the Arabic Club’s contribution. The feast was available for the full house after a prayer of thanks was recited.
Fatimah Mollah and Nosheen Hayat then presented Ramadan and its origins with a powerpoint presentation. Lasting one month, Ramadan is when the Quran, the holy book of Islam, was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. The holiday follows the lunar calendar, so the fasting varies ten to eleven days every year. In the second chapter, verse 183-184 of the Quran, fasting was used to empathize with the poor who go hungry everyday and to benefit the health of the people, as it lowers the blood sugar, cholesterol and systolic blood pressure. It was also used to promote self-analysis.
A common misconception is that Ramadan is the celebration: Eidu-ul Fitr is the festival marking the end of Ramadan and is met with much celebration. Zakat-ul Fitr also comes at the end of the month and is when a “prescribed amount of money [is] obligatory on every Muslim calculated to feed one person in his region for one day.”
The MSA and Arabic Club ended the night with a “Ramadan Mubarak (Congratulations) to all.”
Daniela Pila
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