Why Sacrifice?

the sun. They believed that everything they received came from the sun. He began to say that the sun and stars were all created by one God. Worship the Creator, not the creation. But when people hold something sacred, they become very sensitive about it. So, the people turned against him. To become a caller to the Oneness of God, he had to pay the price—it became difficult for him to live in his own country. Friends and relatives all became his enemies. The ruler of the time threw him into the fire. But God saved him through special divine help. When the entire nation rejected him, he finally left his homeland. Only his wife (Sarah) and his nephew (Prophet Lot) remained with him. He continued travelling through Syria, Palestine, East Jordan, Egypt, and the land of Arabia. There was not a single human settlement that accepted his call to the Oneness of God. Finally, he reached an uninhabited place in Hijaz (today’s Makkah), and trusting in God, he settled his wife and child in that desert. By this time, Prophet Abraham was old. He had already given everything in the path of God—his home, his family, his property, his wealth, his country. There was nothing left that he had not presented to God. Even when he was thrown into the fire, it was as if he had offered his life. But one final sacrifice still remained—the sacrifice of his beloved son. He had this child at the age of 86. Naturally, his only son was dearest to him. When this son grew up and could walk and run with his father, a command came