MAY the sacred moon of the coming holy month,

Appear with an unprecedented glory and grace;

To become the harbinger of a new watershed,

Which transforms mankind's values and face.

MAY the force of penitence, hunger and thirst,

Conquer the vices of revenge, rancour and greed;

To pave the way for love, affection and solicitude,

Which make this humanity an angelic creed.

MAY the showers of Divine Blessings in abundan...

In accordance with the Messenger of Allah’s (peace and blessings of Allah be with him) instructions regarding Ramadhan, let us analyse what we stand to achieve in the month of Ramadhan.

The Qur’an, in Surah Al-Baqara, states the purpose of fasting: "Oh, you believers! Fasting has been prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may become pious & God fearing.’ Chapter 2 verse 183.

We learn that fasting was ordained so th...