Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 124
125 of Allah, and people from every nation and every country would join this group of devotees. This objective, too, was achieved by the Holy Prophet sa. There was no question of the fulfilment of this promise before his time, as people from every nation could not have come there. Neither had they known Mecca, nor had they any love for it. I have told you that these objectives were achieved by the Holy Prophet sa. Allah says in the Holy Quran (while you remain in the mosques for devotion). 62 This verse also alludes to the point that God Almighty expects us to remain in the mosques for devotion. He wants us to sever all our ties with worldly relations and spend all the twenty-four hours in a day for a few days exclusively for the sake of God so as to revive the spirit of devotion. The Holy Prophet sa said, the whole earth has been made a mosque for me. Therefore, (while you remain in the mosques for devotion) would mean that you will have to spend some time like a devotee for the sake of God in every part of the earth. As I have already hinted that the Ka‘bah, or the House of Allah, is a central point and we have been required to make its reflections. That is to say, in imitation of this House we will have to set up similar centres in one place after the other to achieve the similar objectives and to establish the like purification and cleanliness. Such centres will be a reflection of the House of Allah, and the objectives of their establishment will be the same as that of this House. Allah the Almighty says here