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Shawwal (Arabic: شَوَّال, romanized: Shawwāl) is the tenth month of the Islamic calendar.It comes after Ramadan and before Dhu al-Qa'da.. Shawwāl stems from the Arabic verb shāla (شَالَ), which means to 'lift or carry', [1] generally to take or move things from one place to another.
Ramadan [b] (Arabic: رَمَضَان, romanized: Ramaḍān [ra.ma.dˤaːn]; [c] also spelled Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (), prayer (), reflection, and community. [9]
Among Muslim Filipinos in the Philippines, Eid al-Fitr is commonly known as Hariraya, Buka, Hariraya Buka, or Hariraya Buka Puasa. "Eid al-" is often replaced with Eid'l in the country's local English variant. [97] [98] [99] It is also known as Wakas ng Ramadan (lit.
Hikmah (also Hikmat, Arabic: حكمة, ḥikma) is an Arabic word that means wisdom, sagacity, philosophy, rationale or underlying reason. The Quran mentions "hikmah" in various places, where it is understood as knowledge and understanding of the Quran, fear of God , and a means of nourishing the spirit or intellect .
Lunar New Year is the beginning of a new year based on lunar calendars or, informally but more widely, lunisolar calendars.Typically, both types of calendar begin with a new moon but, whilst a lunar calendar year has a fixed number (usually twelve) of lunar months, lunisolar calendars have a variable number of lunar months, resetting the count periodically to resynchronise with the solar year.
puasa fasting Sanskrit उपवास / upavāsa puja idolize, worship Sanskrit पूजा / pūjā punya (possessive verb) Sanskrit पुण्य / puṇya "merit, deserving" pura Hindu temple, city Sanskrit पुर / pura "city, walled enclosure" purnama (of the moon) full Sanskrit पूर्णमा / pūrṇamā - cf. "sempurṇa"
National Day, [a] sometimes known internationally as Singapore Independence Day, [b] is a major public holiday in Singapore which commemorates an independent and sovereign Republic of Singapore.