Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 174
175 After the recitation of Tashahhud, Ta’wwuz and surah Al-F a ti h ah H u du r said: The whole day, yesterday, I had a severe bout of headache and as a result I am feeling very weak now. But I would like to continue the series of my sermons about the twenty-three objectives (related to the House of Allah) and express my views about the last objective in today’s sermon. The twenty-third objective of building the House of Allah was related in the verse, “And, our Lord, raise up among them a Messenger from among themselves, who may recite to them Thy Signs and teach them the Book and Wisdom and may purify them; surely, Thou art the Mighty, the Wise. ” 89 In this verse it was said that a Prophet would be raised here who would remain alive till the end of the days, that is, he would remain alive on account of his blessings and owing to the Divine bounty; an everlasting life would be bestowed on him, and he would be given an everlasting shariah, which would never be abrogated, for that would be (a perfect and immaculate shariah). And such an umma would be raised that would be based on true understanding. This umma would be taught wisdom and given cogent arguments in its favour, and would be associated with a Living God, a living Prophet and a living shariah.