Fasting awakens in man the feeling of gratefulness. The temporary deprivation of food and water stresses for him the importance of these things as divine blessings. It increases manifold his feelings of gratitude to God.
Death is not the end of a person’s life. It is only the beginning of the next stage of life. Death is that interim stage when man leaves this temporary world of today for the eternal world of tomorrow.
Although many allurements exist in this world, they are there to put man to the test. In avoidance of temptation man shows that he is a man of principles.
The present imperfect and temporary world is the world of action, while the world of the perfect, eternal Hereafter is the place for reaping the harvest of actions.
