Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 183
184 the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa and under the shade of his mercy. At that juncture, all the promises of God made in the beginning, such as all mankind will become the beloved united umma of Allah, will also see their fulfilment. In short, five points were raised in the verse (And our Lord, raise up among them a Messenger from among themselves). One of the objectives and the prayers was that a Prophet be raised among them who should have the traits mentioned here, that is, he should be the perfect example and by whose virtue spiritual bounties continue forever. Secondly, the world be invested with an unending chain of manifest signs. Thirdly, there should be a perfect shariah which should not allow any default or interpolation into it until the Day of Judgment. Fourthly, when human intellect will have reached its pinnacle and culmination point, the Prophet should teach them wisdom and impart them the reason and logic for any commandments. Fifthly, as a result of that he should provide them the means of purification of the soul. The fact of the matter is that the purification of soul is not possible without manifest signs and without expressly related commandments of the shariah whose underlying philosophy and wisdom have also been given. The main objective was to meet the basic end of raising and establishing the umma of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. He who considers the Holy Prophet sa to be the best example and follows in his footsteps, he