The core LINGUISTIC meaning of RAMADAN. Ramadan is taken from the word RAMAD which means that which is intensely or vehemently heated by the sun. And the word ramdhaa means the intense heat of the sun. [The Arabs used to say about] the sheep that they were burned (ramidat) while they were grazing under the scorching heat of the sun to the extent that their livers became damaged (by the intense heat of the sun). RAMADAN was named such because it burns the sins of the believers. (Mufradat al-Quran by Imam ar-Raghib) More Ramadan gems in the days to come inshaa-allah.
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 09:19:23 +0000