Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 10
10 welfare of the people of every nation, and this place and this House on account of this comprehensive and everlasting shariah will be entitled as the “mother of towns”. The third objective of this House is explained in (a guidance for all peoples). Remember, it was stated in the beginning of these verses that He [God] would build this House for the entire world, all nations, and all times to come. Allah the Almighty, in these verses, has repeatedly stated the relationship of the House with all the nations. The third objective of building this House, Allah says, is to guide mankind. The word, (guidance) also refers to (all the worlds), because wisdom, prudence, knowledge and intelligence, which are equally shared by all human beings, are in fact different forms of guidance, without which spiritual matters cannot progress. As, for instance, a person having no wit will be called a lunatic. He is not liable for his crime, that is to say, the injunctions of shariah do not apply to him. Sanity, therefore, provides the bedrock for shariah and the meanings of the word (guidance). Allah says in this verse that by virtue of this House He will prove that all peoples in the world have been endowed with equal capabilities as regards wisdom, prudence, understanding and knowledge. No nation in this regard is superior to any other. This also points to the fact that after the advent of the Holy Prophet sa when the time comes for the manifestation of (a guidance for all peoples),