🔻Our Sacrifices
🔸The issue of sacrificing started from the beginning of creation. The main argument between Cain and Abel was about their sacrifices being accepted. [Qur’an 5:27] Cain wasn’t an ill-tempered person that he decided to kill his brother. Rather, the important issue of a #sacrifice being accepted or not was involved.
🔸At the end of each period of worshiping, we should think about whether our worshiping has been #accepted or not, for instance Hajj or the month of Ramadan. A deed being accepted is very complicated, and God has made it ambiguous for us whether He has accepted our deeds or not.
🔸Sometimes we must sacrifice our #likings. Prophet #Ibrahim (‘a) had asked for a son from God, God had granted him #Ismail and he liked his son because of God. He wasn’t an ordinary child, but was capable of becoming a prophet. Now, he had to sacrifice his child, and Prophet Ibrahim did so. However, God showed mercy to him and said, “You truly wanted to do this, so it’s enough and accepted.”
🔸Sometimes we must sacrifice one of our #talents. We should not become sad if we are not able to use all our talents or if we are not able to do a great deed, which we had wanted to do. Sometimes these things are our sacrifices. We put effort but if it doesn’t happen, we should say, “Ok God.”
🔸We have #problems in life. Let’s count them to be our sacrifices for God. Let your soul smile and be satisfied with life. You have made a sacrifice in not being able to do something, to show a talent, or you lost an opportunity. Say, “These are my sacrifices.”
🔸Imam Ali (‘a) was the most talented person on earth who could have manifested all his talents. He said, “People, I can get light from this running water for your nights!” [Tasnif Nahj al-Balaghah, p. 782] They did not allow him to manifest his talents.
🔸If a person gives a sacrifice and it’s accepted, he will enjoy spiritually very much, not a selfish but a loving enjoyment. The #vitality and happiness that comes from giving a sacrifice is so great that we have an #Eid for giving a sacrifice called “Eid al-Adha.”
🌱Congratulations on Eid al-Adha to everyone!
@PanahianEN
🔸The issue of sacrificing started from the beginning of creation. The main argument between Cain and Abel was about their sacrifices being accepted. [Qur’an 5:27] Cain wasn’t an ill-tempered person that he decided to kill his brother. Rather, the important issue of a #sacrifice being accepted or not was involved.
🔸At the end of each period of worshiping, we should think about whether our worshiping has been #accepted or not, for instance Hajj or the month of Ramadan. A deed being accepted is very complicated, and God has made it ambiguous for us whether He has accepted our deeds or not.
🔸Sometimes we must sacrifice our #likings. Prophet #Ibrahim (‘a) had asked for a son from God, God had granted him #Ismail and he liked his son because of God. He wasn’t an ordinary child, but was capable of becoming a prophet. Now, he had to sacrifice his child, and Prophet Ibrahim did so. However, God showed mercy to him and said, “You truly wanted to do this, so it’s enough and accepted.”
🔸Sometimes we must sacrifice one of our #talents. We should not become sad if we are not able to use all our talents or if we are not able to do a great deed, which we had wanted to do. Sometimes these things are our sacrifices. We put effort but if it doesn’t happen, we should say, “Ok God.”
🔸We have #problems in life. Let’s count them to be our sacrifices for God. Let your soul smile and be satisfied with life. You have made a sacrifice in not being able to do something, to show a talent, or you lost an opportunity. Say, “These are my sacrifices.”
🔸Imam Ali (‘a) was the most talented person on earth who could have manifested all his talents. He said, “People, I can get light from this running water for your nights!” [Tasnif Nahj al-Balaghah, p. 782] They did not allow him to manifest his talents.
🔸If a person gives a sacrifice and it’s accepted, he will enjoy spiritually very much, not a selfish but a loving enjoyment. The #vitality and happiness that comes from giving a sacrifice is so great that we have an #Eid for giving a sacrifice called “Eid al-Adha.”
🌱Congratulations on Eid al-Adha to everyone!
@PanahianEN