As the blessed month of Ramadan commences this evening we would like to firstly thank the Almighty for affording us the opportunity to reach this holy month in order to reap the blessings it brings. Ramadan (the month the Quran was revealed) is but one month of the twelve months of a year, but this month has many benefits which allows us to evaluate our relationship with our creator, as well as our sincerity in our intentions and our actions. It’s a time for introspection, as well as a time to increase our good deeds and charities allowing us to recondition ourselves for the next 11 months of the year. Fasting is not about losing body weight, but it’s about losing the weight of our sins and learning to detach from the ego that weighs us down.
Today we managed to feed approximately 2,000 mouths in Khayelitsha, Vrygrond and Hazendal taking the total mouths fed to date to 29,350 mouths fed to date. We would like to thank everyone who contributed in cash, with ingredients, in time preparing, cooking and cleaning, we are grateful for your contributions. May your lives be filled with many blessings, good health and increased wealth.
Let us not forget those in our communities in need of food due to the adversity of poverty. May we assist them to be able to eradicate poverty in their lives, even by providing a plate of food to remove them from a state of hopelessness. Just as we empty our stomachs of food and feeling what it is to be hungry, we should empty our senses from everything that does not bring us closer to the Almighty. Just as it takes a baby nine months in the belly of its mother to develop, the moon many nights to become full, the caterpillar weeks in a cocoon to become a butterfly, through the days of Ramadan and fasting, we will transform our faith. By bettering ourselves, we are able to better assist humanity and make a difference in our communities.
Few pics of today’s feeding initiative below:
Falaah Foundation 