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Does God expect believers to fast today?

Bible: Yes       Qur'an: Yes

Joel 2:12 – Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.

Matthew 6:17 – But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face.

Mark 2:20 – 20. But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

1 Corinthians 7:5 – give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again...


Al-Baqarah 2:183 & 185 – 183. O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those who came before you... 185. the month of Ramadan in which the Qur’an was revealed... whoever of you is present in that month let him fast.

Al-Ahzab 33:35 – Behold; men who surrender to Allah… men who fast and women who fast… Allah has prepared for them forgiveness, and a vast reward.

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