Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 31
32 Twenty-three Magnificent Objectives of Building the House of Allah The twenty-third objective is (our Lord, raise up among them a Messenger from among themselves) that I [Allah] want to make it the birthplace of Muhammad sa. I would like to turn it into such a holy place that as a result of supplications implored with earnestness, humility, humbleness, love and devotion, a humble servant of Mine will be raised in its environs to the status of Muhammadiyyat , by whose virtue a shariah will be established and a nation will be raised that will possess living signs. The phrase (who may recite to them Thy signs) denotes they will be associated with the Living God, living Prophet and the living and immaculate shariah for their guidance. They will not be required, like young children, to blindly comply with what is said to them. Rather, in order to sharpen their intelligence and discernment, God will also teach them the philosophy of His injunctions through this Messenger. Thus, they will be purified in a way as no past people have ever been. This is a fact endorsed by human intellect as well, for, if past peoples were bestowed upon relatively imperfect shariahs whereby they were purified then their purification was certainly not perfect. Even though that purification was in consonance with their nature, caliber and strength, nonetheless it never was a perfect purification, for the teaching given to them was imperfect, in line with their low caliber. When that people was raised who was capable of undertaking the responsibility of a perfect shariah, then those of them who led their lives making extreme sacrifices,