Epigraph:
O ye who believe! fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard against evil. (Al Quran 2:184)
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Lead article written by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times
Religious History of Fasting: How it Establishes the Truth of the Holy Quran
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Source / Credit: Ahmadiyya Gazette USA
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