Fasting teaches us shukr (gratitude). In our everyday lives, we rarely experience hunger, and thus we fail to appreciate the magnitude of Allah’s blessings in a single slice of bread, let alone a myriad of delicacies! However, when we fast, our stomachs involuntarily growl from hunger, and this helps us to consciously remember and thank the One who provides us with every morsel of food, and every drop of water.