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a high form of discipline and a superb sense of order. Simi-
larly, when he relieves his stomach and relaxes his digestive
system, he is indeed insuring his body, not to mention the
soul, against all harm that results from stomach overcharge.
In this manner of relaxation he may be sure that his body
will survive free from the usual disorder and break, and that
his soul will continue to shine purely and peacefully.
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It originates in man the real spirit of social belonging,
of unity and brotherhood, of equality before God as well as
before the law. This spirit is the natural product of the fact
that when man fasts, he feels that he is joining the whole
Muslim Society in observing the same duty in the same
manner at the same time for the same motives to the same
end. No sociologist can say that there has been at any period
of history anything comparable to this fine institution of Is-
lam. People have been crying throughout the ages for ac-
ceptable belonging, for unity, for brotherhood, for equality,
but how echoless their voice has been, and how very little
success they have met !
without the guiding light of Islam?
Where
can they find their goals
12. It is a Godly prescription for self-reassurance and
self-control, for maintenance of human dignity and freedom,
for victory and peace. These results never fail to manifest
themselves as a lively reality in the heart of the person who
knows how to keep the Fasting. When he fasts in the proper
manner, he is in control of himself, exercises fuil command
—(m>~