fast by) Allah. Don’t approach near them. Thus does Allah make clear Fis, ~| 2187, And eat and drink, until the whit thread of dawn appears to you distinct from its black thread. Then complete your All the night appears, but do not associate with your wives ~~ ~- while you are in retreat in the mosques. Those are the limits (set el revelation to men, that they may learn self-restraint. és 53 a Sab 92 eos 2/189. They ask you concerning new moon. Say: “They are but signs to mark fixed times in (the affairs of) men and for | Plime Z makes the night for rest and tranquility, and the sun and moon for (reckoning (of time). Such is the design of (Him) the Exalted in wer. the Omniscient,| One has to seriously consider million dollar wisdom hidden in the design of Almighty Allah. He has created sun and the moon to * take into account seasons and count number of years. Muslims are _.- spread all over the globe from Korea, Australia to Canada and ~~~ ___, Mexico. If Ramadan was to start with sun, some Muslims in one | hemisphere will be always having Ramadan in summer while their | brothers living in the next will have shorter fasts in the winter | always. Ramadan starts with moon but the duration of fast depends __| upon position of sun. With the present arrangement, Muslims all over the world equally share the blessings of Ramadan. - "6/97. Ibis He Who makes the stars (as beacons) for you, that ‘you may guide yourselves, with their help through the dark spaces... | of land and sea, We have explained Our revelation for people who now. | 10/3. Itis He Who made the sun to be a shining glory and the + moon to be a light (of beauty), and measured out stages for it; that | you may know the number of years and the count (of time). Allah ~~ } created not this but in truth and righteousness. (Thus) He explains His revelation in detail for those who understand.| | | All five prayers are timed with the position of the sun while " Hajj follows lunar calendar. Sometimes it will be in summer, at other times it will be in winter; so that Muslims all over the world benefit equally. And four Haram months are connected with lunar calendar with condition that Muslims have the right /warrant to defend themselves. 1 People have to know solar and lunar position counting of | summer and winter for agriculture sowing and harvesting crops, | vegetables and fruits and also sailing across the oceans with | favorble winds (monsoons) depending the season of the year. 17/12, We have made the Night and the Day as two (proofs) of our (Omnipotence). We have made the night dark and We have made the day as bright, that you seek the bounty of your Lord and ___| that you may know the number and count of years. We have | explained al things in deal37/6-9,We have indeed decked the lower heavens with beauty | and stars, to guard against all obstinate rebellious evil spirits. (So) they should not strain their ears in the direction of the Exalted | Assembly but be cast away from every side-repulsed, for they are under a perpetual penalty. zit eats ept such as snatch away something by stealth, and | they are pursued by a flaming Fire, of piercing brightness. One problem is very strane! Muslims have tied the birthday of _ ~ Holy Prophet (PBUH) with lunar calendarwhich keeps on e.- advancing by 10 days every year. This is very surprising and ____... funny. It must be corrected and tied to solar calendar. Sooner the | ————— better