{"id":42,"date":"2008-09-28T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2008-09-28T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2008\/09\/alayk-assalaam-ya-shere-ramada.html"},"modified":"2008-09-28T18:00:09","modified_gmt":"2008-09-28T18:00:09","slug":"alayk-assalaam-ya-shere-ramada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2008\/09\/alayk-assalaam-ya-shere-ramada.html","title":{"rendered":"Alayk as-salaam, ya shere Ramadan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ramadan is a rare opportunity for the believer, in which all acts of piety are multiplied a thousand-fold. As Ramadan draws to a close, our consciences weigh more heavily with the thought of all the opportunities wasted in which we could have done just a little more devotion and engaged in just a little more prayer. Tonight, by the Fatimid calendar, is the last night of Ramadan and tomorrow is my final fast, with Eid al-Fitr on Tuesday. Others will observe Eid on Wednesday or even Thursday, but regardless of your reckoning, there&#8217;s very little time left indeed. Tonight I will engage in late night prayers, from nisful layl to shafa witr, and try to redeem what little barakat remains for the taking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramadan is a rare opportunity for the believer, in which all acts of piety are multiplied a thousand-fold. 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