Ramadan 2018

God willing the month of Ramadan (2:183-7) is coming soon. The new moon times for determining the beginning and ending of Ramadan are given below in UTC (Universal time) or GMT.

May 15, 2018: 11:48 AM (UTC/GMT)

June 13, 2018: 19:43 PM (UTC/GMT)

The actual time for each time zone is relative to UTC. In order to calculate the Ramadan start date, compare the time of the New Moon with the Sunset in your location. If the new moon is before sunset, we fast the next day, God willing.  Similarly, to determine the last day of fasting, compare the time of the next New Moon with the sunset in your location. If the new moon is before sunset, the Ramadan month is complete on that day. Otherwise one fasts the next day. For more details on how dates are calculated, please refer to the September 2009 issue of the Submitters Perspective
Based on this, God willing, Ramadan dates for USA and Canada, are:  May 16 – June 13, 2018.

The Night of Destiny will start, God willing, at sunset on June 10, 2018 for USA and Canada.

For more details or to use a tool to assist you in calculating / verifying Ramadan details for your location, please visit:  http://masjidtucson.org/Ramadan/

VERSES ON GOD’S WONDROUS SIGNS:  THE SKY

[67:3-5] He created seven universes in layers. You do not see any imperfection in the creation by the Most Gracious. Keep looking; do you see any flaw? Look again and again; your eyes will come back stumped and conquered. We adorned the lowest universe with lamps, and guarded its borders with projectiles against the devils; we prepared for them a retribution in Hell.

[51:7] Despite the perfectly created sky.

[50:6] Have they not looked at the sky above them, and how we constructed it and adorned it, without a flaw?

[2:22] The One who made the earth habitable for you, and the sky a structure. He sends down from the sky water, to produce all kinds of fruits for your sustenance. You shall not set up idols to rival GOD, now that you know.

[2:29] He is the One who created for you everything on earth, then turned to the sky and perfected seven universes therein, and He is fully aware of all things.

[15:16] We placed galaxies in the sky, and adorned it for the beholders.

[21:32] And we rendered the sky a guarded ceiling. Yet, they are totally oblivious to all the portents therein.

[25:61] Most blessed is the One who placed constellations in the sky, and placed in it a lamp, and a shining moon.

[40:64] GOD is the One who rendered the earth habitable for you, and the sky a formidable structure, and He designed you, and designed you well. He is the One who provides you with good provisions. Such is GOD your Lord; Most Exalted is GOD, Lord of the universe.

[41:11] Then He turned to the sky, when it was still gas, and said to it, and to the earth, “Come into existence, willingly or unwillingly.” They said, “We come willingly.”

[51:47] We constructed the sky with our hands, and we will continue to expand it.

[55:7] He constructed the sky and established the law.

[55:37] When the sky disintegrates, and turns rose colored like paint.

[91:5] The sky and Him who built it.

[88:18] And the sky and how it is raised.