Essence of Ramzan is patience, sacrifice: PM Gilani

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the message and essence of Ramazan is the concept of patience and sacrifice. “After having been disciplined by fasting, a man if persists in his extremist attitudes would mean that his worship was in vain,” the prime minister said in his message on the advent of the beginning of the Holy month of Ramzan 1431 A.H./2010 A.D. We should be thankful to Allah Almighty that He has once again provided us an opportunity to benefit from His blessings in the month of Ramzan, he said. The Prime Minister congratulated and greeted all Pakistanis on the arrival of the sacred and auspicious month of Ramzan. He said, Ramzan is that blessed month in which the Holy Quran was revealed upon the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), which is guidance to the humanity. It was in the month of Ramzan that fasting was turned obligatory for Muslims. During each day and night of this month, divine blessings are showered, he said.