But is not so...

But is not so, rather: There does not reach Allah their flesh nor their blood, but to Him is acceptable the guarding (against evil) on your part…[^7] The Almighty Allah only sees sincerity and piety; thus indeed the sacrifice of the one and only son had much more sincerity and piety than slaughtering a ram.

And a son who was born after 90 years of prayers and was the justification of the words: “We give you the good news of a boy…”[^8] and also the bearer of the effulgence of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w). The gist of the matter is that as far as the superiority of Ismail to the ram is concerned I am in perfect agreement with the honorable Maulana. Even though it be a ram of Paradise and however fat it may be, but its superiority to prophets is impossible.

Let us however examine this matter from another angle. Is it not possible that in tradition where…