"Well, we've scanned the sky and we've sighted the moon..."

Assalaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu everyone!

I don't really have much to say, other than that I want to wish all of you, Muslim and non-Muslim, a Ramadhan Mubarak, a month filled with joy and peace of mind. I sincerely hope to get closer to ALLAH this month, and I wish the same for everyone. May ALLAH help us to maintain the fasts of the body, tongue, and behavior, and may ALLAH forgive us for all our shortcomings and grant us sakeenah and salaam, Ameen!

To end with, I want to post the lyrics to one of my favorite nasheeds, "We've Scanned the Sky" by Dawud Wharnsby Ali. It is meant for children, but the lyrics still bring a tear to my eye with their sheer simplicity and beauty.

"Well, we’ve scanned the sky and we’ve sighted the moon
And we welcome the month of Ramadhan
When we’ll fast together for ALLAH, to help and strengthen our iman

Oh it was so very long ago
In the holy month of Ramaddan
ALLAH sent his message to the world
The holy book of Qur'an
A light to shine for all mankind
A guide to teach us right from wrong
First revealed on the Night of Power
With peace until the rising of the dawn.

So we’ve scanned the sky and we’ve sighted the moon
And we welcome the month of Ramadhan
When we’ll fast together for ALLAH, to help and strengthen our iman

As the sun lay sleeping, beneath the blanket of the night
We rise early to make suhur, before the white thread of light
We’re patient and kind, remembering ALLAH all throughout our day
And when the sun has gone and we’ve made iftar,
We gather together and pray.

’Cause we’ve scanned the sky and we’ve sighted the moon
And we welcome the month of Ramadhan
When we’ll fast together for ALLAH, to help and strengthen our iman

Well, we’ve scanned the sky and we’ve sighted the moon
And we welcome the month of Ramadhan
When we’ll fast together for ALLAH, to help and strengthen our iman

So many of our brothers and sisters, all across the land
They have no food to eat at all, and they need a helping hand
When we fast from morning ’til the night, to fulfill ALLAH’s command
We feel the hunger and thirst they feel, and it helps us to understand

For, all too fast, the moon goes past, our month of blessings now has gone
But we’ll keep its spirit throughout the year, everyday should be like Ramadhan

So we’ve scanned the sky and we’ve sighted the moon
And we say farewell to Ramadhan
When we fast together for ALLAH, to help and strengthen our iman


Yes, we’ve scanned the sky and we’ve sighted the moon
And we say farewell to Ramadhan
When we fast together for ALLAH, to help and strengthen our iman"

Love to you all, and Ramadhan Mubarak,

Anne