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Allah was testing Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in
order to serve His Divine Order. When Allah stopped Abraham
from killing his son He ordered him to sacrifice the ram and feed it
to the poor. This ram represents Abraham's stability and sense of
security in knowledge and wealth. Through an open to all
sacrifice, he raised the living conditions of other people. Allah
does not want us to kill our children, but He does ask that our
faith and love be greater for Him than for our children. We should
be willing to sacrifice our desires, aspirations, inclinations and ap-
petites to His Cause. We should willingly relegate all of our sen-
timents to Him.

We celebrate during the Festival of Sacrifice because the world
needs the attitude of sacrifice to Allah to which it calls our atten-
tion, There will be no peace or justice in the world as long as we
are dominated by our blind appetites. We must learn to discipline
ourselves for Allah. Our self-discipline alone is not strong enough
to control us for long. The only force that can discipline us forever
is faithful obedience to Allah. This is what we need for a peaceful