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Esoteric Ramadan Lexicon Conundrum
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- 1. Pre-dawn meal sustaining fast initiates before dawn’s first light
- 3. Synonymous variant spelling for sunset meal breaking fast
- 5. Lunar month whose etymology is linked to ‘scorching heat’ and fasting
- 8. Arabic term denoting prohibition, central to fasting disciplines
- 11. Person undertaking obligatory fast without interruption or substitution
- 14. Class of grave sins Muslims aim to eschew intensified during fasting
- 15. Tradition signaling the end of diurnal abstention with a communal meal
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- 2. Transient early-morning nourishment preceding the obligatory fast
- 4. Mandatory almsgiving, one of the Five Pillars, intensified during Ramadan
- 6. The night believed to possess multiplied blessings and Qur’anic revelation
- 7. Divine recompense promised to fasting believers, etymologically 'reward'
- 9. Specialized nocturnal prayer performed post-Isha in Ramadan
- 10. Islamic technical term for ritual fasting during the ninth lunar month
- 12. Ritual sacrificial practice closely associated with Eid al-Fitr’s conclusion
- 13. Devotional retreat in mosque seclusion during Ramadan’s final ten days
- 16. Expiatory compensation for missed fasts under specified circumstances
- 17. Minimum wealth threshold triggering eligible zakat payment responsibilities
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