Ramadan: A Month of Purification

LAILATAL-QADR: NIGHT OF DESTINY intellectually alive. In this way, itikaf enables a Muslim to evaluate his response towards each new situation and update his life accordingly. Itikaf means increasing one’s spiritual experiences on a larger scale. Both Ramadan and itikaf are similar, but with a difference. Where fasting during Ramadan is a routine experience, going into itikaf makes it an extraordinary experience, ensuring a heightened spiritual preparedness for the moral challenges of life. If fasting is a spiritual experience, itikaf is spiritual retreat, designed to enable the rebuilding of self. Ramadan is meant to foster this spiritual transformation and itikaf enhances this process during the period of retreat. LAILATAL-QADR: NIGHT OF DESTINY x One of the special features of Ramadan is the ‘Lailatal-Qadr’ or the Night of Destiny. It is the