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Treat parents with respect: [17:23] Your Lord has decreed that you shall not worship except Him, and your parents shall be honored. As long as one or both of them live, you shall never say to them, “Uff” (the slightest gesture of annoyance), nor shall you shout at them; you shall treat them amicably.
Treat each other amicably: [17:53] Tell My servants to treat each other in the best possible manner, for the devil will always try to drive a wedge among them. Surely, the devil is man’s most ardent enemy.
Uphold the law: [55:7-9] He constructed the sky and established the law. You shall not transgress the law. You shall establish justice; do not violate the law.
[5:62] You see many of them readily committing evil and transgression, and eating from illicit earnings. Miserable indeed is what they do.
Observe etiquette: [24:27] O you who believe, do not enter homes other than yours without permission from their inhabitants, and without greeting them. This is better for you, that you may take heed. [24:28] If you find no one in them, do not enter them until you obtain permission. If you are told, “Go back,” you must go back. This is purer for you. GOD is fully aware of everything you do.
You Shall Be Courteous
[4:86] When greeted with a greeting, you shall respond with a better greeting or at least an equal one. GOD reckons all things.
Do not participate in usury: [3:130] O you who believe, you shall not take usury, compounded over and over. Observe GOD, that you may succeed.
Do not participate in intoxicants and gambling: [5:90] O you who believe, intoxicants, and gambling, and the altars of idols, and the games of chance are abominations of the devil; you shall avoid them, that you may succeed.
Do as you say: [61:2] O you who believe, why do you say what you do not do? [61:3] Most abominable in the sight of GOD is that you say what you do not do.
Who is guiding all things? God. May we all continue to please God as we enjoy our freedom and understand our responsibility.
Happy new year dear readers. May God bless us with a soul-nourishing year.
To read the Quran online or download an app or learn more on Submission, please visit: https://www.masjidtucson.org/
Ramadan begins February 28 in the western USA (e.g., Los Angeles, Tucson) and March 1 in eastern USA (e.g., Chicago, New York). The last day of fasting is 29 March for USA, God willing.
Full details of fasting are given in 2:183-187. [2:183] O you who believe, fasting is decreed for you, as it was decreed for those before you, that you may attain salvation.
New moon times for determining the beginning and ending of Ramadan are below for GMT/UTC (Universal time).
Feb 28, 2025: 12:45 AM (UTC/GMT)
March 29, 2025: 10:58 AM (UTC/GMT)
The local new moon time can be calculated by adjusting for your time-zone relative to UTC. To calculate the Ramadan start date, compare the local New Moon time with the local Sunset. 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 local sunset. 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 see the September 2009 issue of the Submitters Perspective
For more details or to use a tool to assist you in verifying Ramadan details for your location, please visit: https://masjidtucson.org/Ramadan/