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Ramadan
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For more than a billion Muslims around the world, including some 8 million in North America, Ramadan is a "month of blessing" marked by prayer, fasting, and charity (Learn more about Ramadan).

	Arabic Transliteration Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo kutiba AAalaykumu alssiyamu kama kutiba AAala allatheena min qablikum laAAallakum tattaqoona
English Translation "O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed to those before you that you may learn self-restraint." (Qur'an 2:183)