Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 15
15 The fifth objective of the House of Allah stated in the Holy Quran is the spiritual station of Prophet Ibrahim as. Allah says, look! My obedient Ibrahim as and many amongst his progeny, self-negating themselves in adoration of God and immersing themselves in His love like a true lover and adorer, raised the slogan of (I have submitted to the Lord of the worlds) 3 and set an example for the world. Allah says, I have arranged to inhabit this House so as to raise a party of adorers of God who, having removed all the barriers, shunning away all mundane connections, abandoning all their wishes and desires for Allah’s sake, and sacrificing every desire of theirs, attain the station of being one with God; and perform the worship emanating from love and sacrifice in an excellent and perfect manner. The Promised Messiah as has elaborated this point that worship is of two kinds. The first kind of worship is based on humility and lowliness while the other is based on love and sacrifice. Our daily prayer is the kind of worship which is based on humility and lowliness. As the Holy Prophet sa is reported to have said, prayer is a supplication, and observance of the uttermost lowliness and humility is an integral part of it. The prayer of a person who entertains even a fraction of arrogance before his Lord is never accepted. Thus, our prayers can be rendered as true worship only when they attain the status of lowliness and humility in real terms. In comparison to this the other kind of worship is based on love and sacrifice. The worship of Ibrahim as , which is related to