What is the meaning of swam in Arabic?
Sawm is the Arabic term used to describe the act of fasting. Passed the age of puberty, Muslims are required to fast during the month of Ramadan, which entails abstaining from food, drink, sexual relations and displeasing speech and behaviour from dawn until dusk. Islam, any religious fast, but especially the fast of the month of Ramadan during which Muslims abstain from food or drink each day from sunrise (fajr) until sunset (maghrib).Fasting – known as “Sawm or Siam” – during Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam. During Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn until sunset, which means they refrain from consuming food, drinking liquids and smoking. Times of sunset and sunrise vary in different countries and at different latitudes.