Fasting Purifies The Soul
Fasting actualizes taqwā of Allāh, and it purifies the soul from heedlessness and following its lusts and desires. It causes the soul to patiently avoid what it desires and naturally craves. So when the soul is able to do this by fasting, it becomes easy for it to leave the prohibited matters that must be avoided to achieve piety.
Fasting Purifies The Soul
Fasting actualizes taqwā of Allāh, and it purifies the soul from heedlessness and following its lusts and desires. It causes the soul to patiently avoid what it desires and naturally craves. So when the soul is able to do this by fasting, it becomes easy for it to leave the prohibited matters that must be avoided to achieve piety.
Fasting Purifies The Soul Fasting actualizes taqwā of Allāh, and it purifies the soul from heedlessness and following…
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The verse establishes that fasting had been made obligatory for earlier believers, and that the aim behind it is to open their hearts to God and make them more conscious of Him. This, then, is the principal objective of fasting: to be God- fearing, or taqwā. Fasting, when observed in obedience to God and in pursuit of His pleasure, instils and revives this quality in the human heart and acts as a safeguard against evil and wrongdoing. True believers know and appreciate the value of being God-fearing in God’s sight. Hence, they constantly seek to enhance their sense of it. Fasting is a means to achieve just that.
In the Shade of the Quran – Sayyid Qutb
The verse establishes that fasting had been made obligatory for earlier believers, and that the aim behind it is to open their hearts to God and make them more conscious of Him. This, then, is the principal objective of fasting: to be God- fearing, or taqwā. Fasting, when observed in obedience to God and in pursuit of His pleasure, instils and revives this quality in the human heart and acts as a safeguard against evil and wrongdoing. True believers know and appreciate the value of being God-fearing in God’s sight. Hence, they constantly seek to enhance their sense of it. Fasting is a means to achieve just that.
In the Shade of the Quran – Sayyid Qutb
The verse establishes that fasting had been made obligatory for earlier believers, and that the aim behind it…
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Commentary: The verse establishes that fasting had been made obligatory for earlier believers, and that the aim behind it is to open their hearts to God and make them more conscious of Him. This, then, is the principal objective of fasting: to be God- fearing, or taqwā. Fasting, when observed in obedience to God and in pursuit of His pleasure, instils and revives this quality in the human heart and acts as a safeguard against evil and wrongdoing.
Commentary: The verse establishes that fasting had been made obligatory for earlier believers, and that the aim behind it is to open their hearts to God and make them more conscious of Him. This, then, is the principal objective of fasting: to be God- fearing, or taqwā. Fasting, when observed in obedience to God and in pursuit of His pleasure, instils and revives this quality in the human heart and acts as a safeguard against evil and wrongdoing.
Commentary: The verse establishes that fasting had been made obligatory for earlier believers, and that the aim behind…
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