Then when (the son) reached (the age of) (serious) work with him
he said: "O my son! I see in vision that I offer thee in
sacrifice: now see what is thy view!" (The son) said: "O my
father! do as thou art commanded: thou will find me if Allah so
wills one practicing Patience and Constancy!" [4098]
[4099] [Translation of Surah al-Saffat, 37:102 by Abdullah Yusuf Ali].
Notes:
4098 - Where did this vision occur? The Muslim view is that it
was in or near Makkah. Some would identify it with the
valley of Mina, six miles north of Makkah, where a
commemoration sacrifice is annually celebrated as a rite
of the Hajj on the tenth of Zul-Hijjah, the 'Id of
Sacrifice, in Memory of this Sacrifice of Abraham and
Isma'il (see' n.2l7 to ii. 197). Others say that the
original place of sacrifice was near the hill of Marwa
(the companion hill to Safa, ii. 158), which is
associated with the infancy of Isma'il.
4099 - At what stage in Abraham's history did this occur? See n.
2725 to xxi. 69. It was obviously after his arrival in
the land of Cannan and after Isma'il had grown up to
years of discretion. Was it before or after the building
of the Ka'ba (ii. 127)? There are no data on which this
question can be answered. But we may suppose it was
before that event, and that event may itself have been
commemorative.
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