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Eid-ul-Azha

ईद-उल-अज़हा

said eed-ul-az-haa

also written: Eid al-Adha,Bakr-Eid,Id-ul-Azha

Meaning

The festival of sacrifice commemorating Abraham's willingness to offer his son.

Literally: festival of the sacrifice

Related words

Sacrifice; the offering of oneself for the beloved.

The prophet Abraham, revered in Islam as the patriarch of monotheism and the breaker of idols.

The prophet Ishmael, son of Abraham, offered in willing sacrifice and ancestor of the Arabs.