Ramadan Meanings

Tears In his Eyes, 27th Ramadan-www.facebook.com/RamadanPhotography

I never really understood why we fasted, as young kids we are always taught that it is "to feel like the poor" but there is no indication of this reason....

I want you all to read the following ayas about Ramadan from Surat AlBaqrah 2:183-187

http://quran.com/2/183-189

Look for the common theme word "  laAAallakum" which means "so that you may"

From these ayas, I learned that

We fast to ------->become righteous

The end result of fasting is to ----->

Magnifiy Allah & Be thankful- Shukr (because Allah guided us)

We call upon Allah (Make Duaa) to ---->

Respond to Him, and to be rightly guided

We dont pass Allahs limits to ----->Become Righteous

Aya 183: laAAallakumtattaqoon

 " O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous"

Aya 185: walitukabbiroo AllahaAAala ma hadakum

walaAAallakum tashkuroon

Mustafa Hosny discuss this in his "Eid Video"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m19q7QYxYew

"The month of Ramadan (is the month) in which the Qur'an All-Supreme Reading) was sent down: a guidance to mankind, and supreme evidences of the guidance and the all-distinctive Criterion; So, whoever of you is present (Literally: witnesses the month) at the month, then he should fast it; and whoever is sick or on a journey, then a (fixed) number of other days. Allah wills for you ease, and He does not will difficulty for you (He wills) and that you should complete the (fixed) number. And magnify Allah (to say Takbir ,Allahu-Akbar) for having guided you, and that possibly you would thank (Him)"

Aya 186: laAAallahum yarshudoon

"And when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be rightly guided."

Aya 187:laAAallahum yattaqoon

"It has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wives [for sexual relations]. They are clothing for you and you are clothing for them. Allah knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He accepted your repentance and forgave you. So now, have relations with them and seek that which Allah has decreed for you. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the sunset. And do not have relations with them as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques. These are the limits [set by] Allah , so do not approach them. Thus does Allah make clear His ordinances to the people that they may become righteous."