You must be his father to him, and he must be your son to you. You must raise him, living him as your own on, and you must be as his father, raising him as a Muslim. It is the law of retribution - the law of the jungle. We are told, over and over again, throughout life, that this is the only way to survive - and it is a natural way to think. Yet the scriptures say that it is a way that leads only to death, for others and for ourselves.
Violence leads only to more violence.
Retribution does not lead to peace. The good news is that our God is not a God of death, but of life. Where we thought there were no options, the Spirit opens up possibilities. When we have come to the end of our own resources, and finally let God have his way, he is just beginning. The Spirit that is revealed to us in the scriptures is a dynamic force, always creating something out of nothing.