Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 116
117 After Tashahhud , Ta‘awwuz and surah Al-F a ti h ah H u du r said: In the last sermons I talked about ten objectives of building the House of Allah [Ka‘bah] and expressed my views about them. The verses I have been reciting at the beginning of those sermons discuss the twenty-three objectives and I have elucidated ten of them. The eleventh objective of building the House of Allah is related in the word (purify) that is, arrange for the cleanliness, purification and cleaning of this House of Allah. It indicates that God Almighty wanted to make this House a centre for extrinsic cleaning and intrinsic purification and cleanliness. This objective, too, was fulfilled with the advent of the Seal of the Prophets and the best of the Messengers, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. An immaculate and perfect teaching has been given to us in the shariah of the Holy Prophet sa and it has been explained to us how we can attain extrinsic and corporeal cleanliness and spiritual purification. Allah the Almighty says in verses 151 and 152 of surah Al-Baqarah, wherever you may be and whatever you do in accordance with the teachings of the Islamic shariah, remember that you have been created for certain purposes and objectives. And it is your prime duty to meet those objectives, and resurrect and establish the Islamic shariah all over the world and among all nations. Allah the Almighty says that the reason for which He draws our attention to keep the objectives of the House of Allah before our eyes is that