Halal Travel Guide: Laylat al-Qadr at Balizhuang Mosque, Beijing
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Summary: This article records Laylat al-Qadr at Balizhuang Mosque in Beijing during Ramadan. It keeps the original Quranic passage, iftar dishes, community details, and photographs in a natural English travel style.
Indeed, We sent it down during the Night of Power. And what can make you know what the Night of Power is? The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. The angels and the Spirit descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter. Peace it is, until the emergence of dawn. (97)
Yesterday, we gathered at Balizhuang Mosque to revive the Night of Power. It was the busiest night of Ramadan, and I saw many old friends. Yesterday also featured the most abundant iftar meal at Balizhuang. Thanks to the hard work of Director Li and the elders, it was a great success. We enjoyed sticky rice cake (qiegao) made by Elder Fu, along with beef stew, stir-fried beef with green onions, steamed rice flour cakes (aiwowo), stir-fried shrimp, baked buns (kaobaozi), savory fried yam rolls (xianjuanguo), spiced beef, tofu puff soup, and lotus seed porridge. The dining hall was full, with over eighty people.
Imam Yang gave a very powerful sermon (wa'az).
The imam led everyone in one hundred units of voluntary prayer (nafl namaz), using dates to keep count, with each date representing two units.
Summary: This article records Laylat al-Qadr at Balizhuang Mosque in Beijing during Ramadan. It keeps the original Quranic passage, iftar dishes, community details, and photographs in a natural English travel style.
Indeed, We sent it down during the Night of Power. And what can make you know what the Night of Power is? The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. The angels and the Spirit descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter. Peace it is, until the emergence of dawn. (97)
Yesterday, we gathered at Balizhuang Mosque to revive the Night of Power. It was the busiest night of Ramadan, and I saw many old friends. Yesterday also featured the most abundant iftar meal at Balizhuang. Thanks to the hard work of Director Li and the elders, it was a great success. We enjoyed sticky rice cake (qiegao) made by Elder Fu, along with beef stew, stir-fried beef with green onions, steamed rice flour cakes (aiwowo), stir-fried shrimp, baked buns (kaobaozi), savory fried yam rolls (xianjuanguo), spiced beef, tofu puff soup, and lotus seed porridge. The dining hall was full, with over eighty people.
Imam Yang gave a very powerful sermon (wa'az).
The imam led everyone in one hundred units of voluntary prayer (nafl namaz), using dates to keep count, with each date representing two units.
