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Nabi
Ibrahim [a] laid his son down
upon his face and put the knife firm-
ly over his son’s tiny throat. And,
looking up to the heavens, with all
his might, he pushed down on the
knife, for the love of his Creator,
Allah.
But what was happening here, how
strange indeed. No blood, no cut,
not a drop not even a scratch. Allah
who has power over all things had
commanded the knife not to cut, for
Nabi
Ibrahim [a] had passed the
test. His love for Allah was greater
than all the rest.
Allah sent a ram from
Jannah,
the
Garden. He said,
“Now sacrifice this
ram. Do not sacrifice your son.”
Allah was pleased with
Nabi
Ibrahim [a] and his son, so He corn
manded Muslims to a make a sacri-
fice every year, a sacrifice to
