Quran Chapter 2- 185c (Pt-2, Stg-1) (L-218)
- درس قرآن
Obligatory of a Fast
Surah
‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
‘A-‘uu-zu Billaahi minash-Shay-taanir- Rajiim.
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast.)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.)
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast.)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.)
فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ ٱلشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ (185 c)
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185c.
And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month.
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185c.
Faman- shahida min-kumush-Shahra fal-yasumh.
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Commentary
It has been described
in this part of the verse that the individual who remains living till the month
of Ramadan, must fast. Concession is only for the sick and the
passenger. This commandment is due to owing the excellence of the
month of Ramadan, which is being discussed once again, as an
abstract.
Having a fast is a
tradition in every nation of the world, for example; on the day of Ashurah (10th of
the first lunar month), Prophet Moses (peace be upon Him) and His nation got
freedom from the cruelty of Pharaoh. So the fast of that day was begun in the
Children of Israel. The Law of Fasting exists also in the Christians.
Concept and custom of fasting does exist in the Indians and other nations
too. Details are different but the reality is present.
Fasting has countless
virtues. It puts good effects on the health and spirit. The rich are
well-informed about the poor practically. Equation grows among the people who
eat bellyful and the people who suffer starving, Spiritual powers develop with
it. Sensual wishes are controlled. God fearing becomes strong in the mankind,
for example; if there is season of summer, every living thing feels severe
thirst. The cold water exists in the house, nobody is there to see the Faster,
but he doesn’t drink the water.
This all is because
the respect of the Commandment of Allah Almighty has settled down in his heart.
Now no other power can defeat the individual and while according to the Command
of God Almighty, he has made own habit to give up the legal, lawful and pure
desires during the month of Ramadan through fasting, then he
won’t feel any difficulty in giving up the illegal, unlawful and bad habits.
This is the moral cleanliness, of which, the purpose of fasting is to grow.
It
has come in the Sayings of God’s Messenger (grace, glory, blessings and peace
be upon Him) that if a faster does not give up telling a lie, absurd talks and
useless deeds, God Almighty does not care for his leaving to eat and drink.
Though, the real purpose of fasting is to correct the morality. If the manners
are not corrected, then there is no advantage of the fasting. It is the
obligation upon the Muslims that due to so much virtues and importance of the
fasting, we should keep a fast every year in this month, respect the month
of Ramadan and create physical, spiritual and moral
characteristics into us, so that the purpose of the Revelation of Holy Qur’an is
fulfilled, and the month of Ramadan is proved as the real
festival and token of the Revelation of Holy Qur’an.
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