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  2. Fast of Nineveh - Wikipedia

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    The prophet Jonah appears in 2 Kings aka 4 Kings and is therefore thought to have been active around 786–746 BC. [15] A possible scenario which facilitated the acceptance of Jonah's preaching to the Ninevites is that the reign of Ashur-dan III saw a plague break out in 765 BC, revolt from 763-759 BC and another plague at the end of the revolt.

  3. Fasting in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Iftar, a meal consumed to break fast.It is a sunnah to break fast with dates. In Islam, fasting (known as sawm, [1] Arabic: صوم; Arabic pronunciation: or siyam, Arabic: صيام; Arabic pronunciation:) is the practice of abstaining, usually from food, drink, sexual activity and anything which substitutes food and drink.

  4. Religious fasting - Wikipedia

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    This is the only fast day mentioned in the Torah (Leviticus 23:26-32). It is so important to fast on this day, that only those who would be put in mortal danger by fasting are exempt, such as the ill or frail (endangering a life is against a core principle of Judaism); such people are actually forbidden from fasting. [109]

  5. Anorexia mirabilis - Wikipedia

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    Anorexia mirabilis, also known as holy anorexia or inedia prodigiosa or colloquially as fasting girls, [1] [2] [3] is an eating disorder, similar to that of anorexia nervosa, [1] [2] that was common in, but not restricted to, the Middle Ages in Europe, largely affecting Catholic nuns and religious women. [3] [4] Self-starvation was common among ...

  6. Fasting during Ramadan - Wikipedia

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    Fasting the month of Ramadān was made obligatory (wājib) during the month of Sha'ban, in the second year after the Muslims migrated from Mecca to Medina. Fasting for the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. [1] During the break of fasting food vendors selling delicacies in a bazaar in Bangladesh

  7. Chris Hemsworth Says He’s ‘Losing It’ During a 4-Day Fast

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    Chris Hemsworth packed on more muscle than ever before in 2021 while preparing to film Thor: Love and Thunder, a process which involved some intense, exhausting workouts—but his most recent ...

  8. Eight precepts - Wikipedia

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    [32] [20] Physician Ming-Jun Hung and his co-authors have analyzed early and medieval Chinese Buddhist Texts and argue that the main purposes of the half-day fast is to lessen desire, improve fitness and strength, and decrease sleepiness. [33] Historically, Chinese Buddhists have interpreted the eight precepts as including vegetarianism. [34]

  9. Al-Qalam - Wikipedia

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    The Pen (Arabic: القلم, al-qalam), or Nūn (Arabic: نٓ) is the sixty-eighth chapter of the Qur'an with 52 verses ().Quran 68 describes God's justice and the judgment day.