Ramadan
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- CRESCENT MOON
- FARD
- FASTING
- FATWAS
- FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM
- GOD
- IFTAR
- MECCA
- MUSLIMS
- PRAYER
- PURITY
- QURAN
- REFLECTION
- SALAT
- SUHUR
- ZAKAT
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Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Muslims worldwide observe it with fasting, prayer, and reflection, and 16 words scattered through this grid trace the observance, from suhur and iftar to zakat and the crescent moon. Find them all and learn more about the holiday.
What the words in this puzzle mean
- CRESCENT MOON
- Its sighting begins and ends the month, which is why the dates shift each year.
- FARD
- An act that is religiously obligatory rather than merely recommended.
- FASTING
- Abstaining from food, drink and other appetites from first light until sunset.
- FATWAS
- Rulings by qualified scholars, often sought about who may be excused from fasting.
- FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM
- The five duties of a Muslim: faith, prayer, charity, fasting and pilgrimage.
- GOD
- Allah, the Arabic word for God, used by Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews as well.
- IFTAR
- The meal that breaks the fast at sunset, traditionally begun with dates.
- MECCA
- The city Muslims face in prayer, and the destination of the pilgrimage.
- MUSLIMS
- Those who observe the month — an obligation on every adult in good health.
- PRAYER
- The five daily prayers, with extra night prayers called Tarawih during Ramadan.
- PURITY
- The state the month's discipline aims at, in conduct as much as in diet.
- QURAN
- The holy book, first revealed during Ramadan, and recited through the month.
- REFLECTION
- The inward purpose of the month, alongside the outward discipline of fasting.
- SALAT
- The formal prayer performed five times a day, the second pillar.
- SUHUR
- The meal eaten before dawn, the last food until sunset.
- ZAKAT
- The obligatory giving of a share of one's wealth, the third pillar.
Ramadan Word Search Answer Key
Checking a finished sheet, or stuck on the last word? The Ramadan Word Search Answer Key marks all 16 hidden words in the grid and lists the row, column and direction each one starts from. It prints on its own sheet, so you can hand out the puzzle and keep the answers.
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