God Tested Abraham's faith when he asked him to bring his only son Isaac on the top of the mountain and sacrifice him in His name. Kierkegaard also explained in the story that Isaac asked Abraham about his journey to the mountain. Abraham chose to keep silent because he himself understood this phenomenon. This command was not fathomable to Abraham but for the sake of his faith and complete loyalty to God he agreed to obey his command. His agreement to sacrifice his only son cannot be simply explained by a common person in term of rationale as it goes beyond conventional rationality and enters into a realm of faith and devotion. So, Kierkegaard explained the story of Abraham from different angles in his book to explain this concept of teleological suspension.

             Personal Link.

             Using the concept of 'Teleological Suspension of the Ethical' Kierkegaard tried to justify his broken engagement with Regine Olsen. Kierkegaard tried to draw parallels of his own love life with that of Abraham's love for his son. In Abraham's case, Isaac was going to be sacrificed but Abraham paradoxically hoped that Isaac would return back. Similarly, Kierkegaard thought that he is divorcing himself from the love of Regine but he hoped that she would return back. The complexities in the relationship with his fiancee made him decide against pursuing the relationship any further. The breaking up of engagement and resignation of her love was a difficult step for him so he took help from the story of Abraham to cope with this situation in the finite. The personal justification of Kierkegaard's act is only a small link in the whole story. Though he tried to justify his own act explaining the whole story of Abraham but Abraham's story is far more authentic and trustworthy to consider and accept this concept of teleological suspension of the ethical.

             Absurd vs. Rationale.

             The narration of the story of Abraham has given way to a debate of Absurd vs.