Fasting Inculcates Humility

FASTING INCULCATES HUMILITY x The Quran tells us that fasting is prescribed for you so that you may fear God. (The Quran, 2:183) What does it mean to fear God, taqwa? Taqwa or fearing God means that man should acknowledge his helplessness vis-a-vis God’s greatness. When one fasts one realizes one’s own helplessness vis-à-vis God’s greatness. The truth is that the acknowledgement of one’s helplessness is the beginning of imaan. Belief in God is, in fact, to discover this boundless greatness of God. And one who discovers this boundless greatness will be overwhelmed with the feeling of helplessness. Imaan is another name for the realization of God—the realization of the God who is the Creator and Sustainer of the infinite universe, who is controlling the infinite universe with astonishing