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revealed, a book of guidance with proofs of guidance distinguishing
right from wrong. Therefore, whoever of you is well in that month, let
him fast. But he who is ill or on a journey shall fast a similar number of
days later on.
Allah desires your well-being, not your discomfort. He desires you to
fast the whole month so that you may magnify Him for giving you His
guidance, and that youmay give thanks.
When My servants question you about Me, tell them that I am near. I
answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls to Me; therefore, let
them answer My call and put their trust in Me, that they may be rightly
guided.
It is now lawful for you to lie with your wives on the night of the fast;
they are an apparel to you, as you are an apparel to them. Allah knew
that you were deceiving yourselves. He has relented towards you and
pardoned you. Therefore, you may now lie with them and seek what
Allah has ordained for you. Eat and drink until you can tell a white
thread from a black one in the light of the coming dawn. Then resume
the fast till nightfall and do not approach them while you take to your
mosques.
These are the bounds set by Allah: do not come near them. Thus He
makes known His revelations to mankind that they may guard
themselves against evil.
Do not usurp one another's property by unjust means, nor bribe with
it the judges in order that you may knowingly and wrongfully deprive
others of a part of their possessions.
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