Ayat 37. It is neither their meat nor their blood that reaches Allah, but it is piety from you that reaches Him. Thus have Allah made them subject to you that you may magnify Allah for His Guidance to you. And give glad tidings to the Muhsinun (doers of good). [Tafseer] The essence of sacrifice has been explained in No one should suppose that meat or blood is acceptable to the One True God. It was a Pagan fancy that Allah could be appeased by blood sacrifice. But Allah does accept the offering of our hearts, and as a symbol of such offer, some visible institution is necessary. He has given us power over the brute creation, and permitted us to eat meat, but only if we pronounce His name at the solemn act of taking life, for without this solemn invocation, we are apt to forget the sacredness of life. We should be grateful to Allah for His guidance in this matter, in which many Peoples have gone wrong, and we should proclaim the true doctrine, so that virtue and charity may increase among men.
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