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Taraweeh
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Definition: Special evening prayers performed during Ramadan.  During each night's prayer, one juz (1/30) of the Qur'an will be recited, so that by the end of the month the entire Qur'an will have been read.

Pronunciation: tar-a-wee • (noun)

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