Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 8
8 dedication and prayers for two and a half thousand years, a group of people was created who would possess all human faculties required to lead mankind in spiritual matters provided they became God’s. Since human faculties and capabilities had reached their perfection, their misuse or wrong application could have resulted in the gravest consequences. As long as they were astray they opposed the Holy Prophet sa vehemently and oppressed him more than any nation had oppressed their Prophet. In short, they possessed many capabilities, which remained hidden until a particular time. They remained under the sway of Satan for some time but when their dormant faculties activated and recognized their Creator and Lord they made such incredible sacrifices in the cause of God Almighty as had never been witnessed before by mankind. In brief, they were the people who were raised as a result of the sacrifices and prayers of Hadrat Ibrahim as and his progeny. In fact, the connotation of (founded for mankind) relates to the Holy Prophet sa just as all the other aims and objectives of the Ka‘bah relate to him exclusively. God Almighty had communicated to Hadrat Ibrahim as that He was going to have the House rebuilt, which was His House, to achieve the objectives for which he would have to make sacrifices. In short, the first objective of the House of Allah is that it is the first House of Allah which contains temporal and spiritual benefits for all mankind. It was built for the welfare of all the people, who, irrespective