Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah

by Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad

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Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 136

137 After Tashahhud , Ta‘wwuz and surah Al-F a ti h ah H u du r said: The sixteenth objective of building the Ka‘bah is discussed in (and provide its dwellers with fruits). It was expressed that having witnessed the bounties and blessings of the House of Allah the world will realize that those who make great sacrifices to win the pleasure of Allah, and turn their back on the world becoming solely His, their good deeds never go to waste. On the contrary, they receive sweet fruits and the best recompense of their accepted deeds, and their humble and lovingly performed deeds yield the best results. The Holy Quran itself claims that this objective also has found fulfilment in the person of the Holy Prophet sa and the Quranic shariah. As Allah says in surah Al-Qa s a s : “And they say, If we were to follow the guidance with thee, we should be snatched away from our land. ’ Have We not established for them a safe sanctuary, to which are brought the fruits of all things, as a provision from Us? But most of them know not. ” 66 That is, when the Quranic shariah, its guidance and its teaching is presented to the people it is meant for, they say: If we were to follow the guidance you have