Fasting (2:183)
Quran Talk Blog · Article · January 19, 2015
Fasting Emphasized and Modified*
2:183 O you who believe, fasting is decreed for you, as it was decreed for those before you, that you may attain salvation.
*2:183-187 Like all duties in Submission, fasting was decreed through Abraham ( 22:78, Appendices 9 & 15). Prior to revelation of the Quran, sexual intercourse was prohibited throughout the fasting period. This rule is modified in 2:187 to allow intercourse during the nights of Ramadan.
2:184 Specific days (are designated for fasting); if one is ill or traveling, an equal number of other days may be substituted. Those who can fast, but with great difficulty, may substitute feeding one poor person for each day of breaking the fast. If one volunteers (more righteous works), it is better. But fasting is the best for you, if you only knew.