B-ism Allah ar-Ramaan ar-Raiim In the Name of God, The Merciful, The Compassionate Invocation said by Muslims on many occasions, particularly when beginning a new activity.
Ramadaan--The holiest month of the Islamic year, when Muslims fast from dawn to sunset.
Ramadaan Mubaarak!--Blessed Ramadaan!
a-awm; a-iyaam--Fasting. Fasting during Ramadan is one of the "Five Pillars of Islam"
Ifaar--Meal to break the fast after sunset
Suuur--Pre-dawn meal
Anaa aayim/aayima--I am fasting. masc./fem.
cIid al-Fir--Festival of Fast-Breaking--The holiday which ends the month of Ramadan.
Qur'an (Qur'aan)--The Holy Scripture of Islam. Believed by Muslims to be the literal words of God, as revealed to His Prophet Muammad by the Angel Gabriel. Preferred pronunciation and spelling. Koran--old way of pronouncing and spelling Qur'an
Suurah--Chapter of the Qur'an. There are 114 Suurahs in the Qur'an. Ayyah--Verse of a chapter. There are over 6,000 Ayyahs in the Qur'an. Juz'--"Part or Section" The Qur'an is divided into 30 parts of approximately equal length.
Tajwiid--The art of reciting the Qur'an.
Our Qur'an reciter was ajj Omar Woodard, Senior at Girard College. ajj Omar was the winner of Villanova University's Islamic Studies Center's 2000 Children's Quranic Recitation Contest.
