Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 52
53 arrived taking quick steps with a cheerful and radiant face and climbed a few steps. Then I looked at him and his friends. Then I climbed a few more steps and looked at them again and then climbed all the steps in one go. Having reached there I called Adh a n. They thought it was time for A s r prayer and that I would lead the A s r prayer. They noticed that I unusually prolonged the Adh a n I called before the prayer. This portion of the subject that I am relating is similar to calling to a special programme so that when I come on to that programme, as a result of full awareness of its background, you should be able to understand your responsibilities. (The unusual prolonging of the Adh a n is a clue to this very fact. ) In short, (founded for mankind) was just one objective of building the House of Allah. This is a highly important objective as all the other objectives are intimately associated either with this one or the last objective discussed in (our Lord, raise up among them a Messenger from among themselves, who may recite to them Thy Signs). I wanted to discuss this objective at length so that you fully comprehend the point that the prophecy of (founded for mankind) could not have been fulfilled until the best people had been raised. And the best people could not have been raised until the Quranic shariah had been revealed, which is perfect and immaculate. Since every shariah is sent down in proportion to the faculties of the people of its time, and since the Quranic shariah is perfect and immaculate in every respect, we draw the conclusion (no other