Southeast Culture Notes No 34 - Hari Raya Haji

also "Sacrifice Feast", considered as the holier of the two. It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his one and only son, as an act of obedience to God's command. Before he sacrificed his son God intervened by sending his angel Jibra'il (Gabriel), who then put a sheep in his son's place.

The son is not named in the Quran, but Muslims believe it to be Ishmael, though it is mentioned as Isaac in the Bible.)

keyword - total surrender, faith, test, challenge

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