It’s my Dua (supplication) every Ramadan - to miss my period so I can fast a full Ramadan - but it’s only happened once in the decades I’ve been fasting. It was usually downer, especially when I’d started off the month fasting.

Munir first noticed it during a dhuhr prayer at work. His hands trembled slightly as he raised them for takbir, a faint dizziness washing over him like heat rising from asphalt. He brushed it off, too much coffee, not enough breakfast.

Completing the reading of the Holy Quran during the month of Ramadan is often a personal goal of many Muslims.  Some may read or recite the Quran themselves, while others may attend taraweeh prayers at a local masjid where many communities will have a Hafiz leading the prayer and reciting at

Ramadan is a time to elevate our worship, recharge our faith batteries, and cultivate solid habits with our families that can last long after the month ends.

The month of Ramadan arrives as a season of reflection, restraint, and spiritual restoration. It is a time when hearts soften, routines slow, and believers seek nearness to Allah, the most High, through fasting, prayer, and sincere repentance.