World Blog by humble servant.Ramadan has a great leveling influence—no matter how rich or poor, influential or subservient, high or low, all stand on the same terms of human equality.
Ramadan has a great leveling influence—no matter how rich or poor, influential or subservient, high or low, all stand on the same terms of human equality. No submitter is superior to another on account of social status or because of wealth, race or color differences, but only on the basis of righteousness. [7:26] O children of Adam, we have provided you with garments to cover your bodies, as well as for luxury. But the best garment is the garment of righteousness. These are some of GOD’s signs, that they may take heed. As much as Ramadan can be seen as an exacting procedure, it’s a gift for our souls, performed for a month every year to earn the pleasure of God. This annual exercise, consciously and voluntarily practiced, grows the soul. The righteous works wipe out the evil works (11:114). Fasting, particularly, is mentioned as a practice essential for our salvation. [2:183] O you who believe, fasting is decreed for you, as it was decreed for those before you, that you may ...