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It is related of al-Hasan ibn Abil Hasan al-Basri that he once
passed by a group of people who were laughing merrily. He
said: 'God, Great and Glorious is He, has made the month of
Ramadhan a racecourse, on which His creatures compete in
His worship. Some have come in first and won, while others
have lagged behind and lost. It is absolutely amazing to find
anybody laughing and playing about on the day when succsess attends thevictors, and failure the wastrels. By God, if the veil
were lifted off, the doer of good would surely be preoccupied
with his good works and the evildoer with his evil deeds.' In
other words, the man whose Fast has been accepted will be
too full of joy to indulge in idle sport, while for one who has
suffered rejection laughter will be precluded by remorse.