“O moon-faced Beloved,
the month of Ramadan has arrived.
Cover the table
and open the path of praise.”
The great Muslim poet Jalal al-Din Rumi sang about Ramadan in the 13th century AD (translation by A.J. Arberry):
“The month of fasting has come, the emperor’s banner has arrived; withhold your hand from food, the spirit’s table has arrived.
The soul has [...]
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