Aug 22, 2018 03:59
Our heartiest felicitations to you all on the occasion of Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice, which Muslims all over the world mark on the 10th of Zil-Hijjah, the climax of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, as thanksgiving to the Lord Most High for having tested the firm faith of Prophet Abraham in obeying Divine Commandment and thus substituting, at the last moment, a ram for his adolescent Ishmael on the altar, saying: “We have ransomed him with the Great Sacrifice”.