Number 9
Ramadan is month nine
Ready to count?
Where it comes from
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic year.
Practice: The Islamic calendar (Practice); Ramadan is named in 2:185
Reflect on this ayah in Tadabbur →For the parent
Say: Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic year, the month the Quran came down. Let's count nine dates for iftar.
Count the months, from one to nine: Ramadan is month number nine!
Count it: Five fingers and four more: nine.
Do it: Put nine dates on a plate, eat one, and count again.
Tell me more
Allah gave Prophet Musa nine clear signs.
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ تِسْعَ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍۢ ۖ فَسْـَٔلْ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ إِذْ جَآءَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُۥ فِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ مَسْحُورًۭا
To Moses We did give Nine Clear Signs: As the Children of Israel: when he came to them, Pharaoh said to him: "O Moses! I consider thee, indeed, to have been worked upon by sorcery!
Quran: Surah Al-Isra' 17:101
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