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The word's first use in the Qur'anic story of creation pertains to the history of the offerings of Abel and Cain (Habil and Qabil). [1] And recite to them the story of the two sons of Adam [Habil (Abel) and Qabil (Cain)] in truth; when each offered a sacrifice (Qurban), it was accepted from the one but not from the other.
The East Syriac word Qurbana is derived from the Syriac word qurbānā (ܩܘܪܒܢܐ ), which, along with its meaning of Eucharist, may also mean offering, sacrifice, or gift. It is from the root Q-R-B, related to approaching. It is a cognate with Hebrew itself a Syriac word קרבן qorbān and Arabic قربان qurbān.
The Jewish historian Josephus mentions the word Corban in his history The Jewish War, written in the first century CE. Josephus records (2.9.4) that the Roman procurator Pontius Pilate expended the money given to the temple treasury as Corban on the construction of am aqueduct. This action caused a riot, which Pilate violently suppressed.
The Latin word sacrificium came to apply to the Christian eucharist in particular, sometimes named a "bloodless sacrifice" to distinguish it from blood sacrifices. In individual non-Christian ethnic religions , terms translated as "sacrifice" include the Indic yajna , the Greek thusia , the Germanic blōtan , the Semitic qorban / qurban ...
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Just days before US president Joe Biden was set to leave office, Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal after 15 months of war in Gaza.. The Israeli cabinet approved the deal in the early hours ...
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The diversity of Muslims in the United States is vast, and so is the breadth of the Muslim American experience. Relaying short anecdotes representative of their everyday lives, nine Muslim Americans demonstrate both the adversities and blessings of Muslim American life.