it was the month of ramadan in which the quran was bestowed from on high as a guidance unto man and a selfevident proof of that guidance and as the standard by which to discern the true from the false. hence whoever of you lives to see this month shall fast throughout it but he that is ill or on a journey number of other days. god wills that you shall have ease and does not will you to suffer hardship but that you complete the number and that you extol god for his having guided you aright and that you render your thanks .
شهر رمضان الذي أنزل فيه القرآن هدى للناس وبينات من الهدى والفرقان فمن شهد منكم الشهر فليصمه ومن كان مريضا أو على سفر فعدة من أيام أخر يريد الله بكم اليسر ولا يريد بكم العسر ولتكملوا العدة ولتكبروا الله على ما هداكم ولعلكم تشكرون