LISTEN: October 2012

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Islamic Monuments - Hercegowina

Mehmed Pasha Bridge in Visegrad - Bosnia and Hercegowina

Mostar in Bosnia and Hercegowina (night)

Mostar in Bosnia and Hercegowina (panorama)

Mostar in Bosnia and Hercegowina

Ottoman House in Mostar - Bosnia and Hercegowina

Sokullu Bridge in Visegrad - Bosnia and Hercegowina

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Masjid - Crystal Masjid

Cyristal Mosque in Kuala Terengganu - Malaysia

Eid al-Adha or Feast of the Sacrifice, is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to honor the willingness of ʾIbrāhīm (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismā'īl (Ishmael) as an act of obedience to God, before God intervened to provide him with a sheep to sacrifice instead.

Another Semitic word for "sacrifice" is the Arabic Qurbān (Arabic: قربان‎), which is used in

Dari Persian and Standard Persian as Eyde Ghorbân عید قربان, and

in Tajik Persian as Иди Қурбон (Idi Qurbon),

into Kazakh as Құрбан айт (Qurban ayt),

into Uyghur as Qurban Heyit, and also

into various Indic languages such as Bengali কোরবানির ঈদ Korbanir Id.

Other languages combined the Arabic word qurbān with local terms for "festival", as

in Kurdish (Cejna Qurbanê),

Pashto (Kurbaneyy Akhtar),

Chinese (古尔邦节 Gúěrbāng Jié),

Malay and Indonesian (Hari Raya Korban, Qurbani),

Filipino (Araw ng Pag-Sasakripisyo), and

Turkish (Kurban Bayramı).Azeri (Qurban Bayramı),

Tatar (Qorban Bäyräme),

Bosnian (Kurban bajram),

Albanian(Kurban Bajrami),

Croatian (Kurban-bajram),

Serbian (Курбан бајрам),

Russian(Курбан-байрам),

(Eid Kurbani Wari) in Sindhi.

Eid al-Kabir, "the Greater Eid" (the "Lesser Eid" being Eid ul-Fitr^[10]), is used in Yemen, Syria, and North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt).

The term was borrowed directly into French as Aïd el-Kebir. Translations of "Big Eid" or "Greater Eid" are used in Pashto لوی اختر Loy Akhtar, Kashmiri Baed Eid, Hindi and Urdu Baṛā Īd,Malayalam Bali Perunnal, and Tamil Peru Nāl.

Another name refers to the fact that the holiday occurs after the culmination of the Hajj (حج), or pilgrimage to Mecca (Makka). Such names are used in Malay and Indonesian (Hari Raya Haji "Hajj celebration day", Lebaran Haji), and in Tamil Hajji Peru Nāl.

The days of Eid al Adha are the 10th of Dhul Hijjah upto the 12th of Dhul Hijjah (3 days and 2 nights) sacrifice may take place until sunset on the 13th Day.

Eid al-Adha celebrations start after the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Makka in Saudi Arabia by Muslims worldwide, descend from Mount Arafat. The date is approximately 70 days (2 Months & 10 days) after the end of the month of Ramadan, i.e. Eid-ul-Fitr.

Ritual observance of the holiday lasts until sunset of the 12th day of Dhu al-Hijjah.

"O my Lord! Grant me a righteous (son)!" So We gave him the good news of a boy, possessing forbearance. And when (his son) was old enough to walk and work with him, (Abraham) said: O my dear son, I see in vision that I offer you in sacrifice: Now see what is your view!" (The son) said: "O my father! Do what you are commanded; if Allah wills, you will find me one practising patience and steadfastness!" So when they both submitted and he threw him down upon his forehead, We called out to him saying: O Ibraheem! You have indeed fulfilled the vision; surely thus do We reward those who do good. Most surely this was a manifest trial. And We ransomed him with a momentous sacrifice. And We perpetuated (praise) to him among the later generations. "Peace and salutation to Abraham!" Thus indeed do We reward those who do right. Surely he was one of Our believing servants.
[Quran 37:100-111]