Al-Hajj - 22:37 It is neither their meat nor their blood that reaches Allâh, but it is piety from you that reaches Him. Thus have We made them subject to you that you may magnify Allâh for His Guidance to you. And give glad tidings (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to the Muhsinûn (doers of good). [Muḥsin Khān/Taqī-ud-Dīn-al-Hilālī] ___________________________________________ That is, the aim of the sacrifice is not merely to slaughter the animals, for nothing of their flesh or blood reaches Allah, because He is the Self-Sufficient, Most Praiseworthy. Rather what reaches Him is sincerity in the deed, seeking of His reward, and good intention. Hence He says: ﴾rather it is your piety that reaches Him﴿. This encourages and urges the believer to be sincere to Him when offering the sacrifice. The aim should be to seek the pleasure of Allah alone, not pride, showing off, seeking to enhance one's reputation or merely following custom. The same applies to all acts of worship: if they are not accompanied by sincerity and fear of Allah, then they are merely empty shells, like a body without a soul. ﴾Thus He has subjected them to you, so that you may glorify Allah ﴿ that is, venerate and honour Him ﴾for having guided you﴿ that is, in return for His having guided you, for He is deserving of the most perfect praise and highest veneration. ﴾And give glad tidings to those who do good﴿ by worshipping Allah, in that they worship Allah as if they see Him. If they have not reached that level, then let them worship Him believing at the time of their worship that He is watching them and sees them. This also refers to those who do good to other people in all ways, whether by offering financial help, teaching knowledge, using their position to help, offering sincere advice, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, saying a kind word, and so on. Those who do good have glad tidings from Allah of happiness in this world and the hereafter; Allah will show them kindness as they did good by worshipping Him and they did good to His slaves. ﴾Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness?﴿ (ar-Rahmân 55: 60) ﴾For those who do good there will be the best reward and more besides…﴿ (Yoonus 10: 26) ✿————✦————✿ [Taysīr al-Karīm ar-Rahmān fī Tafsīr Kalām al-Mannān, Vol.6 P.278-279] https://salafibookstore.com/product/tafseer-as-sadi-10-volumes/