The Feast of Hajj

(Photo taken from The Malaysian Insider)

Idul Adha (atau di Malaysia dan Singapura, Hari Raya Haji, bahasa Arab: عيد الأضحى) adalah sebuah hari raya Islam. Pada hari ini diperingati peristiwa kurban, yaitu ketika nabi Ibrahim(Abraham), yang bersedia untuk mengorbankan putranya Ismail untuk Allah, akan mengorbankan putranya Ismail, kemudian digantikan oleh-Nya dengan domba.

Translation to English: Idul Adha (or in Malaysia and Singapore, Hari Raya Haji, in arabic: عيد الأضحى) is an Islamic feast. This day commemorates the event of sacrifice, when prophet Ibrahim (Abraham), who was willingly ready to sacrifice his prince/son Ismail for Allah, was about to sacrifice his prince/son Ismail, He provided a ram in place of him.

"Feasting is associated with sacrifice."

That's one of the few profound statements I've included in the paper I'm working on for finals (well, you may not think it's all that profound, but I do). Love what I'm learning while writing this paper.

Dec 7 is the day of Hajj for Muslims around the world. There are: sacrifices, symbolic stoning of the devil, sermons on Mt Arafat, slaughtering of animals for the feast. The imagery of this Islamic feast isn't dissimilar to Jewish feasts. Feasting is both a portrayal and prefigure to the Kingdom of God. It plays a part in missio Dei.

On this mountain the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine 

- the best of meats and the finest of wines. 

On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, 

the sheet that covers all nations; 

he will swallow up death forever.

[Tuhan ALLAH] will wipe away the tears from all faces; 

he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth.

The LORD has spoken.

In that day they will say,

"Surely this is our [Allah]; we trusted in him, and he saved us. 

This is the LORD, we trusted in him; 

let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation."

~ Isaiah (Yesaya) 25:6-9 with al-Kitab equivalent