Why We Fast in Ramadan How to Make it Meaningful

when we speak of the month of Ramadan Allah says prescribed upon you fasting and at the end of the verse he gives you the reason he says he says we've heard that so many times every year we hear it it means if you fast properly and you do whatever I've told you to do the reason why told you to do all of this is in order for you to achieve tawa right so if you do it properly you'll achieve tawa so if achieve tawa one might ask what will get well Allah says in the same Quran Allah says compete with one another or make haste towards make haste faster than others make haste towards the forg foress of Allah and Paradise Paradise its size is greater than the skies and the Earth it is prepared for the that's what Allah says so if you fast properly and you spend the month of Ramadan correctly you achieve tawa and if you achieve tawa you will achieve Paradise because Allah says we prepared Paradise for those with you see the connection between the two you're fasting Allah says so that you can get tawa now that have tawa Allah says well we've prepared something for those with tawa and welcome because now you have tawa so enter jna Subhan Allah how do know have tawa you know if you have tawa or not when you are conscious of the rules and regulations of Allah if you made mistake or you sinned it hurts you it makes you regret it's sign of tawa you have to repent sign of ta that's why Allah says make haste towards forgiveness you committed sin quickly repent don't delay quickly repent when an obligation is upon you and you fulfill it that is sign of tawa when can't wait to pray and I'm so excited want to do the good deed it's sign of piety and want to tell you Allah does not just accept anyone and everyone to do good deeds he chooses you how does he Choose You by putting it into your heart let me go and pray let me do this good deed otherwise we could say you know what I'm so tired was at school all day went to Varsity all day was at work all day and you know what need to sleep let me just quickly shower eat and go and sleep what about prayer it didn't even feature in your equation that was Allah rejecting you because you rejected him Subhan Allah but when person is conscious about his income he's conscious about his food he wants to help others automatically Allah will help him to develop piety one day you'll find him coming to the Masjid and when he tastes the sweetness of Iman he will never quit it again Allah invites you to come to pray and Allah invites you to come to pray in such unique way that if you feel that you need to pray and you feel connected to prayer and you feel at loss with when you've missed prayer you need to know that you've answered the call come to success whose invite is that Allah Allah told you come to success and you quickly coming he you should be considering yourself honored that you came may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us the strength and the energy to do the right things may he always keep our hearts magnetized towards the Masid may he always want may he energize us to do the right things and whenever there's wrong things to do may he create barrier between us and those wrong things