The renowned scholar, Muḥammad Khalīl Khān Qādirī al-Barakātī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه has stated:

Though there is no harm if somebody keeps these fasts consecutively after Eid al-Fiṭr, it is better to keep them separately, like two in every week for example. If he kept one on the day after Eid al-Fiṭr and spread them throughout the month, this is even more appropriate.^[1]

In other words, one can keep six fasts whenever he wants in the whole month of Shawwāl, except on the day of Eid al-Fiṭr.^[2]

Continuing our efforts to understand the Quran

It is mentioned in the 185^th verse of Sūrah al-Baqarah

شَہۡرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِیۡۤ اُنۡزِلَ فِیۡہِ الۡقُرۡاٰنُ ہُدًی لِّلنَّاسِ وَ بَیِّنٰتٍ مِّنَ الۡہُدٰی وَ الۡفُرۡقَانِ ۚ

Translation from Kanz al-Īmān: The month of Ramaḍān, in which the Quran descended; (it is) guidance, and direction for the people and (it contains) clear criterion (to judge between right and wrong).^[3]

 The scholars of Islam say:

In this verse, the wisdom behind the obligation of fasting in Ramaḍān is mentioned, as this is the month in which the Quran was revealed. Allah obligated the fasting of this auspicious month because through the blessing of fasting and enduring hunger and thirst, the intellect is sharpened. Fasting was obligated in the month of the Quran so that people fast, their