Allah (The One God) asserts to believers in the Qur’an, that fasting cultivates God consciousness;
“O you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those who came before you, that you may attain God consciousness” (2:183).

Ramadan is actually a time of increased activity wherein the believer, now lightened of the burdens of constant eating and drinking, should be more willing to strive and struggle for Allah. Thus, although Muslims abstain from eating, drinking and intimate relations with their spouse during the daylight hours, this freed up time is spend on contemplation and utilized to increase their faith by actively increasing in worship.

In this way, perceiving Ramadan as a time of heightened activity challenges the misconception about fasting being an excuse to go into a state of semi-hibernation. All in all, it is an opportunity for spiritual as well as physical purification.