﷽| This Is Not Fasting! Can one truly overcome hunger, thirst, sexual desires, and similar temptations without a strong will and inner strength? If our understanding of fasting is merely to overeat from sunset until dawn—stuffing ourselves to the point of bloating—only to then sleep all day, sometimes unable to rest due to stomach pain, then this is no longer fasting. The Quran states: "Fasting has been prescribed for you so that you may attain piety." This means that fasting must serve as a means to cultivate piety within us. This is the essence of Islamic fasting. 📚Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti, Union of Islamic Student Associations in Europe, p. 117 @beheshtium_ir