The Slaughter of Isma’eel (Alaihis Salaam)

Last updated on May 19th, 2026 at 04:50 pm

Hearing the response [of his son – his son’s faithful submission to the Divine Command given,] Ibraheem (Alaihis Salaam) prepared for the slaughter.

He laid Isma’eel (Alaihis Salaam) on the ground, took a sharp knife and passed it over his son’s throat with force. But the knife would not cut!

Then a call came from there [from the Heavens]:

وَنٰدَيْنٰهُ اَنْ يّٰٓاِبْرٰهِيْمُ قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ الرُّءْيَآ إِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ

 اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ الْبَلٰٓؤُا الْمُبِيْنُ وَفَدَيْنٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيْمٍ

“We called out to him, ‘O Ibraheem! You have confirmed your dream to be true. We reward the honest in this manner.’ Indeed, this was clearly a severe test. And we released him (Isma’eel) with a big sacrificial animal.”

In the narrations it comes that a ram was brought from Jannat which was slaughtered in place of Isma’eel (Alaihis Salaam).

Truly, this was a severe test of Ibraheem (Alaihis Salaam).

(Sunnat-e-Ibraheem)