What is the role of the month of Ramadan in the flourishing of human life

The month of Ramadan is a month of unity and monotheism, a month of overcoming sorrows. It is the month which, if its true light were to shine upon society, would purify souls and make people upright and honest, as pure as the day their mothers gave birth to them.

Mehr News Agency reported that we know there are conceptual (conventional) matters and there are real, existential truths. For example, the laws established by human beings are conceptual matters that people have created and recognized, whereas there are natural laws such as gravity, which are real truths that cannot be ignored.

There are also conceptual matters that were instituted to elevate human beings to the level of existential truths, among them the month of Ramadan, in which God Almighty has made sleep an act of worship and breathing an act of remembrance, and during which a person engages in devotion and night prayer throughout its days and nights.

The month of Ramadan is a month of unity and monotheism and a month of overcoming sorrows. If its true light were to shine upon society, souls would become pure and people upright and honest, as pure as the day their mothers gave birth to them.

Those who benefit most from this month are especially those whom modern life, with all its social and cultural complexities, has preoccupied, and who have endured hardships in their lives. The month of Ramadan is an opportunity that frees human beings from all that suffering.

Human life has become in urgent need of reflection, pause, and self-discovery amid the complexities of modern life. The month of Ramadan, which comes after eleven months of ordinary life, represents a unique opportunity for this.

The mission of the month of Ramadan is to return human beings to what is right and to their true human dignity, especially when they have reached a dead end in their individual and social lives.

From this perspective, we find that the mission of the blessed month is very great, and Muslims must fully adhere to the noble teachings of Ramadan with all their energy, so that they may find within themselves the reform of individual and social life, distance themselves from misguidance, and reach the path of guidance and the straight path.

As Muslims, it is incumbent upon us to plan and prepare to benefit from the blessings of this blessed month, in view of the great goodness it contains.