The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1945 page)

The ninth month of the Islamic year, and the period of
awm
(fasting). It is mentioned in the
Qur’
n
as a blessed month, ‘in which the Qur’
n was revealed’ (2. 185). It is a time also of greater prayer and devotion, and during the last ten days and nights many of the pious practise retreat (
i‘tik
f
) in a
mosque
. One of these nights, generally believed to be the 27th, is
Laylat al-Qadr
(the ‘Night of Power’), holiest in all the year. The month of Rama
n ends with
d
al-Fi
r, feast of the breaking of the fast.

 
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see
ABULAFIA, ME‘IR
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