Why do Muslims fast during the month of Ramadan?

The month of RamadhŒn [is that] in which was revealed the QurÕŒn, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights [the crescent of] the month,[1] let him fast it; and whoever is ill or on a journey – then an equal number of other days. AllŒh intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship and [wants] for you to complete the period and to glorify AllŒh for that [to] which He has guided you; and perhaps you will be grateful.

Quran ( 20 : 124 )

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Why do Muslims fast during the month of Ramadan?

O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous –

(AL‑BAQARAH)

Why do Muslims fast during the month of Ramadan ?

Allah is near