Every activity in the month of Ramadan should be for seeking the blessings of Allah. Succintly put, the Tarawih is considered part of Ramadan. In the early days of Islam in Mecca, the companions of the Prophet and his successors used to make prolonged rak’ah during Ramadan. So long that hey would take a rest after offering every four Rak’ah. The Rak’ah were done with the recitation of long surahs and after every four, they take a rest. This is how it came to be named Tarawih which means ‘Rest prayer’. Again, the point of rest was also called Tarweehah.