Author: LOVE4ALL-HATRED4NONELOVE4ALL-HATRED4NONE Date: Sep 16, 2007 10:00
Peace be upon you and everyone.
=1=This month of fasting is the most excellent arrangement for
spiritual development, righteousness, seeking Divine nearness,
attaining acceptance to one's prayer, and developing in religious,
moral and spiritual ways.[ Al Baqarah (2:184)]
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=2=Fasting was also made obligatory on the followers of the earlier
prophets of God for the purification of soul..... And among them only
those became the recipient of blessings who abided by the commandment
without any protest, who put the teaching in practice and excelled in
righteousness (taqwa)...... However, when they rejected the teachings,
they lost their worldly glory as well as their standards of
spirituality plummeted. ......Indeed when Allah enjoins the followers of
prophets of God to adopt righteousness, He declares that it would lead
them to the blessings of this world and the Hereafter [Al Rahman
(55:47)]......It is vital to recognize the lofty station of God in order
to develop in righteousness and to be the recipient of His blessings
and this will come to pass when His commandments are followed with
sincerity of purpose..... One of these commandments is to fast.
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