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Lesson from the Ramadan

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Blitz Muslims in Bangladesh are set to give warmest welcome to the holy month of Ramadan, which begins just in hours, right after the sun set of Monday. like every year, we do not want to see that the Ramadan turns into mere days of fasting for Muslims, while most of the evils in our souls and minds remain unchanged and un cleaned. But, the basic theme of Ramadan is to cleanse people’s soul and mind. It teaches us to burn all the evils within us. But, what we do in reality? Continue what we have been doing for the past 11 months of the Muslim calender year! We although fast from the sunrise to sunset, we do not change at all. Rather, evils within us turns much sharpened and wilder during this auspicious month. The name "Ramadan" is the name of the ninth month; the word itself derived from an Arabic word for intense heat, scorched ground, and shortness of rations. It is considered the most venerated and blessed month of the Islamic year. Prayers, sawm [fasting], charity, and ...