In Germany, I was told about the Beast Within. The inner doubt and uncertainty that must be overcome to achieve your dreams. A Worldly aim.
In the Lebanon and likely all Arab lands, the metaphor has a deeper, more spiritual meaning. For here the beast is everwhere in side of you: in your veins, in your muscles, in your whole being. And so it must be controlled and suppressed.
Fasting helps to weaken it, prayer calms it, abstinence removes a source of its strength. Only by such means can you progressively and steadily, but never completely, overcome this inner temptation.
It is a lifelong process but if you succeed, then Heaven awaits.
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