Ramadan and scorching are derived from the triliteral verb “r m d” which refers to intense heat, or the physical fire that hunger and thirst ignite in the body, causing a spiritual fire to emanate that illuminates the insight, according to the people of mysticism who linked the transparency of the soul to the delicacy of the body, its satiation with its thirst, and its fullness with its hunger, and where the satiation of the soul means the eruption of streams of wisdom, and its fullness means resistance to clay.

Excuse me, Ramadan, you used to come to us as a dear annual guest, whose arrival would make hearts tremble and whose journey would delight minds. You used to resemble our souls and the features of our villages in the near and distant hills, caressing with overwhelming ecstasy the souls of the simple with the bounties of your blessings.