Yaaa-’ayyu-hallaziina ‘aamanuu kutiba
‘alay-kumus-Siyaamu kamaa kutiba ‘alal lazina min qablikum la-’alla-kum
tatta-quun.
“O you who believe! Fasting has been prescribed for
you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become righteous.” (2: 184).
The word ‘Siyaam’ (fasting) as mentioned in the Holy
Quran can also be called ‘Sawm’, which means ‘to abstain from
something’. Abstaining from something does not mean only abstaining from
food and drink, no! It also refers to abstaining from vain talks/too much
talking; for on the contrary you should concentrate more on Quran reading as
well as its translation, concentrate on the remembrance of Allah (Zikrullah)
and supplications (duas). Abstention should also be made of sleep, whereby you
devote yourself to the voluntary additional prayers when you are fasting during
the day. During this period, therefore abstention should also be made of sexual
relation with your spouses, and you must learn to control your carnal desires
(nafs) and your tongue. This also allows you to multiply more good deeds, help
the poor and spend a lot in charity.
When you learn to understand this verse of the Quran
(the above-mentioned verse) and you reflect on it, you shall see (deduce) that
all the good deeds done in this blessed month (Ramadan) are all acts of worship
which a believer does and he does it sincerely for Allah alone. He (the believer)
accepts to abstain from all things which were usually licit for him during the
previous eleven months and which are made (temporary) illicit for him from
before sunrise till after sunset.