Fasting Raises Human’s Degree Closer to Allah
Siyamuromadon is the month in which man strengthens the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad to be a person who fears Allah swt. The command to fast in the month of Ramadan is said by Allah and is obligatory for all his servants. The month of Ramadan is a very special month, the month in which the Qur’an was first revealed as well as the time when Muhammad was first appointed as a prophet after settling in the Cave of Hira. This Quran is a guide that separates between the true and the false.
Fatkhurrohman Kamal that the month of fasting should be prepared. He also says what we need to prepare when it comes to Ramadan. According to Kemal, the most basic preparation is mental preparation. “Mentally obedient,” said Kamal as a speaker in the monthly routine study of FPSB UII on Friday (26/3/2021). The study themed Celebrate Ramadan, Yuk Preparation was attended by the entire academic community of FPSB UII from lecturers to educators.
Fasting is very visible to human beings in the physical level. However, it can be felt that fasting does not only affect the physical entity. Rather, God further wants to remind man that man is also a spiritual entity. “God wants to remind us that this material is a spiritual entity,” Kamal explained.
What is a Spiritual Entity like? An entity that is far from human nature, and attains the term that is to rise in rank to a position very close to God.
“So rest assured that there is an extraordinary peace when we can give to others, can fast, and other commands of God. At that time we experience the term,” explained Kamal. This position of the term can be easily achieved if man spiritually already has a mentally obedient and obedient to God, considering that obedience and obedience is something that seems trivial but difficult to apply by man.
To reach this entity, Kamal explained that human beings need an extraordinary inner preparation. So at the end of the verse that commands to fast, Al-Baqarah verse 183 ends with la’allakum tattaqun. The ultimate goal of this fast is for human beings to become completely pious to God. This piety will enable man to make a shield from what he fears from the punishment and wrath of Allah.
