| 1 | O you who believe! Let it be said: As-Sami; |
| 2 | The All Hearing; |
| 3 | And the fifty-first name of Allah, the Infinite, the Unique, the All Knowing. |
| 4 | The right intention, the right preparation and the right oblation; |
| 5 | The presentation of an act, a promise without the harm of any other living creature; |
| 6 | The abolition of all forms of animal and blood sacrifice; |
| 7 | An action of clear and knowing mind, pleasing to Allah in respecting wisdom; |
| 8 | Let no other offering be known as acceptable to the creator of all things. |
| 9 | When men were ignorant and fearful, they believed the ground would rise up, |
| 10 | And swallow them if they did not appease the gods of the angry mountains. |
| 11 | Now, only a foolish man builds his home upon the slopes of an unstable mountain. |
| 12 | When they were ignorant and fearful, they believed the water would swallow them up if they did not appease the gods of the river. |
| 13 | Now, only foolish and ignorant men build homes without stilts in the mud of a river that floods during the wet periods. |
| 14 | A sacrifice in ignorance is none at all. |
| 15 | A man must be knowing of his offering and within his ability without the taking of what is not his. |
| 16 | Allah does not give you permission to kill a cow, or a goat or even a bird as sacrifice. |
| 17 | Superstition is not pleasing. |
| 18 | The death of a cow that can give milk to sustain a family is an abomination to Allah who gave the cow. |
| 19 | The death and burning of a goat or sheep, to waste the flesh, |
| 20 | Is an abomination to Allah who promised to nourish and feed the faithful. |
| 21 | Do not insult Allah with old superstitions. |
| 22 | Indeed, the sacred smoke of Frankincense, |
| 23 | Was given unto Abraham by Allah, as the spirit and witness to such covenant, |
| 24 | To end all sacrifice of life and animal. |
| 25 | Verily, a man who disregards the will of Allah in manner of sacrifice, |
| 26 | Is not worthy to be known as a true Muslim. |
| 27 | Verily, the slaying of children and women as sacrifice is especially displeasing unto Allah. |
| 28 | What fool and coward sacrifices his son or daughter to please a demon, against the wishes of creator of the Universe? |
| 29 | Most solemnly, it is the duty of every Muslim of every generation to seize and execute not only every sorcerer of the sacrifice of women and children, |
| 30 | But to purge their name, their tribe, their town and their land from the earth. |
| 31 | Allah commands it and it is the most holy of Jihad. |
| 32 | Verily, when you seize them, some say, we must, we have no choice. |
| 33 | All men have choice. All animals that are not in cages have choice. |
| 34 | A man that surrenders his choice has nothing to offer Allah that is pleasing except his own life. |
| 35 | If a life is to be sacrificed, then let it be for a noble cause of greater life, than death. |
| 36 | To protect the people, to defeat an enemy, to save a village. |
| 37 | These are noble and heroic. |
| 38 | But to kill a child, to kill women, these are cowardly and terrible acts. |
| 39 | Allah! There is no other except Him, the Almighty, the Eternal. |
| 40 | Behold! nothing in the earth or in the heavens is hidden from Allah. |
| 41 | There is no other except Him, the Almighty, the Wise. |
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Sufa 61 - The Offering (As-Sami)