Ramadan Ya Ramadan

Me think many of us would have realized that Ramadan Karim, the blessed month of Ramadan is the only month in the Muslim Hijri calender which is known the world over as a fasting month for Muslims. Just ask our non-Muslim friends,they will surely answer that the month of Ramadan is very special and to be treated with respect as during the whole of that month, their Muslim friends the world over would become as "angles" during the day as they are required by their faith to refrain from eating or drinking, to be decorous in their conducts and to abstain from all forms of sexual indulgences from dawn to dusk.

For us Muslims, the arrival of Ramadan is always full of great excitement in anticipation of the abundance of forgiveness and blessings to be "dispensed" by the Almighty Creator. None like in any other months, a special period indeed for forgiveness and thanksgiving from the Lord Most High - for those willing to partake and immersed themselves, in the "Festivities of Ibadah" every second of their 24 hour day, throughout the blessed month. It is a once a year affair which should not be missed at all costs by any good Muslims.

The month is so full of "goodies" from God that no right thinking Muslims could ever afford to ignore it. Or be those of the "losers" by letting the month passes by without ever trying to fast and conduct their daily activities in decorum in the hope that it will reverberate for the rest of the year when they "graduated" following the end of the "training" period until we are called for a "refresher course" when come the next Ramadan - God willing.

As for meself, me see Ramadan as a month full of opportunities to purify and redeem me "wondering soul" in me quest for forgiveness and blessings. It is part and parcel of an ongoing journey in me seeking Allah's salvation and hopefully in the process be granted to be closer and know Him better and God willing, attain a higher spiritual plane through the act of fasting as ordained.

Ramadan Ya Ramadan, me pray that this time around me will be fully prepared to seize this golden opportunity presented before meself and us all, to fast and to do good to the fullest possible, to fast and to give more charities to the poor, the needy and the orphans, to fast and to befriend with the holy Quran and above all, to fast and to be amongst those showered with the "Jewel of Ramadan" - the "Lailatul Qadr", a blessed night without a doubt, whereby in it, a night filled with supplications is equivalent to one thousand months of prayers in rewards and barakah.

Ramadan Ya Ramadan, make this coming Ramadan, me best ever yet Ramadan....to be full of forgiveness, blessings and makfirah from Allah swt....and please allow me to be with you again when come the next Ramadan....God willing...Ameen.

28 Sha'ban 1430 AH.