The same test comes again in greater degree, until it is shown that a former weakness has become a strength, and the power to overcome evil has been established” “Thou hast written concerning the tests that have come upon thee.
I Koranen fremgår det, citat: ”I som tror, fasten er pålagt jer, ligesom den var pålagt over dem før jer, så I kan opnå gudsfrygtighed.” ”Den af jer, der oplever måneden skal faste i den.”