Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 159
160 guide for the world and establish the practice of the Holy Prophet sa all over the world. Thus, according to the Ibrahimic prayers and the prophecies found in the earlier scriptures, Allah the Exalted raised an umma, that is,, the Muslim umma, at the hands of the Holy Prophet sa. As God Almighty says in surah Al- H ajj in the Holy Quran: “And strive in the cause of Allah as it behoves you to strive for it. He has chosen you, and has laid no hardship upon you in religion; so follow the faith of your father Abraham; He named you Muslims both before and in this Book , so that the Messenger may be a witness over you, and that you may be witnesses over mankind. Therefore observe Prayer and pay the Zakat, and hold fast to Allah. He is your Master. An Excellent Master and an Excellent Helper!” 78 Allah the Exalted says here that strive in the cause of Allah with all your energy, all your power and all your faculties and take this endeavour and striving to its pinnacle as it behoves you. As God has selected you and bestowed upon you nobility and gave you the perfect religion; He also descended the best injunctions