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place of the Fast in this regard. That is why it had always been an imperative duty in Divine Law as brought and prescribed by the Prophets of the past. The true purpose of Sawm is to develop piety (Taqwaa) in humanity: “Fasting has been made obligatory on you O so that it may produce piety in you”. (2: 183) Piety is a moral quality which is the product of love and fear of Allaah. Love of Allah is produced in the heart by a strong faith in His Being and a deep consciousness of His attributes of mercy, beneficence and compassion. Fear is produced by the consciousness of His wrath, displeasure and chastisement. The resultant feeling of the heart and mind is piety (Taqwaa), which is indeed the basis of all good acts, and a deterrent against all evil acts and inclinations. The fasting person who abstains from satisfying his most basic needs and base urges, for hours together, in hidden and secret places, develops in himself a profound sense of Allaah consciousness, as well as the realisation of utter dependence and helplessness, ever in need of Allah’s compassion and beneficence, even for the most elementary necessities of life. When he views Allah’s blessings, from which he benefits day and night, in a hundred and one ways, he is filled with a unique feeling of love and affinity with Allah, and he becomes naturally inclined to adore and worship Him with all his heart and faculties. His abstinence from powerful physical impulses and desires of the flesh, even in secret places, where none but Allah can see him, produces awe of His Presence, so much so that even a slight suggestion of sin terrifies him. Fasting with full consciousness of faith means having firm belief in Allah’s Being, in His promises with regard to the rewards of the Hereafter, and in His knowledge, wisdom and justice, on the basis of which He will give reward and mete out punishment. This sense of accountability implies that the Sawm should be observed only for the sake of Allah’s pleasure, and that one should abstain from all that is undesirable and forbidden.
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