Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 23
24 Twenty-three Magnificent Objectives of Building the House of Allah pilgrimage to this House; rather it has been built for all the nations of the world to gather at this point for pilgrimage. (I believe and the Holy Quran also bears credible evidence that all these aims and objectives had been communicated to Hadrat Ibrahim as at the time of its construction). God had told Hadrat Ibrahim as that making pilgrimage to this House would be made mandatory for all the nations who believed in Me and entered the fold of My Prophet sa as well, and having placed their hand into the hand of the Seal of the Prophets sa bore the yoke of obedience. Thus, this place would be made a meeting point for all the nations. The eighth objective of the House is explained in the word (a resort). The word implies that the nations of the world have been split into various segments. And when this division reached its maximum a Prophet would be raised to fulfil the objective of the House of Allah and he would unite all the nations that is, under one faith. He would unify them all in one religion. Thus the point of discussion here is that though a time will come when divisions will have reached their extreme, God will raise a Prophet at that stage who would unite all the nations into one. The ninth objective mentioned here is that this House is (security for mankind). This means that I [Allah] have desired the House to be made such that this and only this House would guarantee the world peace. For, it is only this House that may be called the House of Allah in true sense. Any organization in the