Happy Eid-al-Adha (Eid of Sacrifice) to all my family and friends, Here is the story of our celebration. Prophet Abraham and his son Ishmael: O my son! I have seen thee being sacrificed in a dream; what sayest thou? -- (The Quran: 37:102). The son knew that his father was a prophet of God( Allah), so without any demur or hesitation he replied, O my father! Do what thou art commanded; if God please, thou wilt find me of the patient ones -- (The Quran: 37:102). At the Altar the son threw himself prostrate before his illustrious father, who blindfolded as he was, lest his parental love should come in the way, applied the knife to his sons throat. An exemplary conduct of complete submission to the will of Allah; sacrificing his only son in His way! The soul of Abraham within himself was praising the Lord, saying: My prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are all for God, the Lord of the worlds. Angels stood metamorphosed, as it were, into lifeless pictures and overcome by extreme anxiety. God is great; God is great; God is great; God is great; There is no Allah, but He. And God is great; All praise for God. Abraham was about to cut the throat of his only son. But lo! He heard a voice from Above: O Abraham! Thou hast indeed shown the truth of the Vision; thus We reward the doers of good. Surely this is a manifest trial -- (The Quran: 37:104-106). The Patriarch laid down the knife and there was rejoicing mingled with thanksgiving that God had accepted the Sacrifice. It dawned on him what his Vision really meant – viz., that what God wanted was not the blood of his son but the sacrifice of that highest of love which a father has for his son and vice-versa. It was the sacrifice of personal passion that was acceptable to God and that was done both by the father and the son. The father and son fell down in prayer praising their Lord. And to mark this great act of self-sacrifice at the call of Allah a ram was sacrificed. This was the first Eid of Sacrifice (Eid-al-Adha), and in commemoration all Muslims celebrate it every year.
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 10:28:39 +0000
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