Thoughts on korbani
God desired to test the submissiveness of his messenger and the messenger dreamed that he ought to sacrifice his dearest. It was his own flesh and blood his SON.
I servile deference, as the apostle of God was about to sacrifice his willing son the irenic hands of God played its tricks. The child was saved. This is how the religious ritual of "sacrifice" got enrooted.
Now, to my mind, we must go through a deserving and painful introspection as to the nature of our sacrifice! God, indeed, asked for the dearest … …
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