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an insane gift from my shrine on the 1st :)

Happy Birthday Ya Ghaus e Muazzam!

 

125-127. The fast and its ways for the ordinary and those aspiring to be extraordinary.

 

‏يَٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ‎

 

O you who believed! Fasting was prescribed for you as it was prescribed to those before you, so that you may become mindful of Allah.

Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 183

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Then Allah Subhanahu warned them, casting away that which related to the reform of their overt, zahir, states (previous verse is about changing wills), intending that he caution them about some important things concerning the refining of their inner, states, the batin, so he said calling out to them…

 

Ya ayyuhalladina aamano: O ye who attained to imaan, faith, it is written in your religion…

 

As sayyaam: fasting is the specific abstaining (eating, drinking and legal sexual activities) from the dawn of Fajr at the time of the Azaan to the setting of the sun in the famous month (according to the Sharia’).

 

And according to the people, Ulin Nuha, those who use their power to reflect and the Al Mustakshafeen, those who unveil the secrets of the Divine Commands, and the Al Muttahaqqaqeen, the ones who are steadfast upon this abstaining, according to their capacity they cease overall and stay away in totality from everything except (focus on) Al Haqq, Allah Subhanahu…

 

Kama kutiba ala: as what was ordained upon the nations of the Prophets…

 

Alladina: those who passed…

 

Min qablikum: before you and surely it was made obligatory upon you (as well)…

 

La’allakum tattaqoon: so that you may become Muttaqi, conscious of Allah Subhanahu, in the hope that you keep yourself away from that food (as well as all other misdeeds relating to behaviour) which deaden the heart, which extinguish the flame of ishq, love and Muhabbat e Haqiqiya, the true love for The Divine.

 

وَأَن تَصُومُوا۟ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ‎

 

Fasting is good for you if only you knew.

Surah Al Baqarah, Verse 184

 

Wa an tasumu: And your fasting, O Mominoon, those who have attained to imaan in their hearts…

 

Khairullakum: (fasting) is better for you than the fidya, compensation you pay to free yourself from it, and whatever extra you give on top of it as a gift…

 

In kuntum ta’maloon: if only you knew the secrets of abstaining and the benefits that return to your own selves from the breaking (away) from lust and the continuity upon obedience and the focus (upon Allah) with a heart empty of everything.

 

In early Islam this was ordained (2/184) then it was made mansookh, canceled, with the following verse with fodya allowed.

 

‏شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ فِيهِ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ هُدًۭى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَتٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْفُرْقَانِ ۚ

 

The month of Ramadan (is) that therein was revealed the Quran, a guidance for mankind and clear proofs of the Guidance and the criterion by which to discern the true from the false.

Surah Al Baqarah, Verse 185

 

Shahr ar Ramadan alladi unzila fi hil Quran: The month of Ramazan is that in which was revealed the Quran i.e. the beginning of its descent happened in this month or all of it was revealed in this month but the four Books, all of them, were (definitely) revealed in this month as has been narrated in a hadith.

 

And how can it not be the best of the months given the state is such that indeed the Quran was sent in it…

 

Hudal lin Naas: for guidance for those people, the Mo’mineen, who believe in Allah’s One-ness, Al Muttawajjiheen, the ones who focus upon His Essence, (it is) guiding them towards the rank of certainty…

 

Wa bayyinaatin: with clarifying proofs and signs…

 

Min al huda: with special guidance that connects the Al Mustakshafeena, those who unveil the Secrets of Allah’s Tauheed, with the stage of Ayn ul Yaqeen, Witnessing of The Truth…

 

Wal furqaan: and (the Quran is) that which separates for them between truth which is Allah’s Essence and batil, falsehood, which is the existence of the Universe, making them reach the stage of Haq ul Yaqeen, certainty of The Truth.

 

وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

 

…so that you may be grateful.

Surah Al Baqarah, Verse 185

 

Wa la’allakum tashkuroon: so that you may be grateful i.e. so that you become mindful of being thankful for His Blessings which He pours upon you, in the state of these restrictions (the abstaining) so that you thank Him or with gratitude for those blessings (the Quran which consists in it hudan – guidance, bayyinaat – clear proofs, furqan - clarifications) which bring you His Qurb, Closeness.

 

Ameen summa ameen summa ameen,

Wa Alhamdo lillah e Rabbil Alameen!

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