Eid al-Adha : (festival
of the sacrifice), also called Feast of the
Sacrifice, is an important religious festival celebrated by Muslims
worldwide to honour the willingness of the prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his young first-born son
Ismail as an act of submission to God's
command and his son's acceptance to being sacrificed, before God intervened to
provide Abraham with a Lamb to sacrifice
instead.
"Surely Abraham was an example,
obedient to Allah, by nature upright, and he was not of the polytheists. He was
grateful for Our bounties. We chose him and guided him unto a right path. We
gave him good in this world, and in the next he will most surely be among the
righteous." (Qur'an 16:120-121)
The symbolism is in the attitude - a
willingness to make sacrifices in our lives in order to stay on the Straight
Path. Each of us makes small sacrifices, giving up things that are fun or
important to us.
Prepare for sacrifice to build up a
world without exploitation.
SUNISH. C.
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