

Verily, that indeed was a manifest trial.Īnd We ransomed him with a great sacrifice (i.e. Thou hast already fulfilled the vision!” – thus indeed do We reward those who do right. So when they had both submitted their wills (to Allah), and he had laid him prostrate on his forehead (for sacrifice), Allah willing, thou shalt find me of the steadfast.

So look, what thinkest thou? He said: O my father! Do that which thou art commanded. “And when (his son Ismail) was old enough to walk with him, (Abraham) said: O my dear son, I have seen in a dream that I must sacrifice thee. Thus, because of his free will total surrender to Allah, Allah rewarded Abraham by exchanging Ismail with a ram instead. It is when Allah commanded Abraham to slaughter his son Ismail as a test of his absolute faith to Allah by which Abraham executed without even questioning the Will of Allah at all. Let me share to you the spiritual context of my own sacrifice to commemorate Eidul Adha 2021 through the Words in the Qur’an of The One Lord of all His 25 Prophets ranging from Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Noah, Solomon, David, Yahya, Jesus and Nabi Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon them all. In the Qur’an, just like “udhiyah”, qurbani refers to a “slaughtered animal” in ritual sacrifice. Literally, qurbani derived from the Arabic word qurbanah, means to take an action with the intention of drawing nearer to Allah. DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 July) - With all due respect to Scott Stapp who wrote “My Sacrifice” lyrics and made it a hit song with his band Creed, this piece of mine is about my Qurbani or Sacrifice in celebrating Eidul Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) as a Muslim who’s living a way of life via deenul Islam or Creed of Islam. Either way, I love this tune and it finally hit me how much when I was watching the WWF New Year's Sepcial last night and they played it twice (not to mention my roommate playing it during commercial breaks on his computer). I thought it was about a guy who meets a woman he had been with in the past and then they hook up again but maybe I need to read into it more.
