Ramadan and Desire-Management

Ramadan, a person tries to train himself for a greater form of fasting, that is, refraining from all kinds of evil habits by managing our desires. Self-discipline, in helping one to evolve as a developed personality, is the key to all kinds of success. It saves man from provocation, anger and unnecessary involvement. It is a master formula by which he can manage all the affairs of his life. In this sense fasting is for personality and intellectual development. It could be best described as learning the art of desire management. FASTING AND DAWAH ILALLAH x In the Quran, ‘the call to God.’ (41:33) is called dawah ilallah. Calling people to God means communicating God’s message—Quran and Islam—to all mankind. The call to God aims at bringing people closer to their Creator and Sustainer, inviting them to adopt the God-oriented life, and warning man of the consequences of the self-oriented life.