Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 176
177 “ Say , ‘I am commanded only to serve the Lord of this city which He has made sacred, and to Him belong all things; and I am commanded to be of those who submit to God ; And to recite the Quran’. So whoever follows guidance, follows it only for the good of his own soul; and as to him who goes astray, say, ‘I am only a warner’. And say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah; He will soon show you His Signs, and you will know them. ’ And thy Lord is not unaware of what you do. ” 91 Keeping the context and the pronoun the verse has used, when we analyse the prayer, , mentioned in the earlier verse, we come to understand that the prayer of Ibrahim as and Ismael as (our Lord, raise up among them a Messenger from among themselves) means that, the Lord of Ibrahim and Ismael! at whose hands You have the Ka‘bah rebuilt, and declared the sanctity of the prestigious House; raise a noble soul from amongst the inhabitants of this Bait-e- H ar a m, and take him in Your providence, make him Your chosen and elected one, favour him with extreme nearness of Your Self, and having given him a complete and immaculate shariah send him in the world as Your Prophet and a perfect guide, so that he should call humankind towards Allah, the Lord of all the worlds, and establish them on the perfect Unity of God. Allah the Exalted answered this prayer and had the announcement made by the Holy Prophet sa in the world, that is,