Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 26
27 in prayer ). That is, Allah the Almighty desires to raise a people who firmly believe in the Unity of God and lead their lives in total submission to Him. The fifteenth objective stated here is (a town of peace). The word (peace) has been used in these verses to denote three different objectives. Allah the Almighty says here that He will protect the House from the hostile assaults of the world, and no attack aimed at destroying the Ka‘bah will ever meet success. On the contrary the enemy will be reduced to annihilation, so that the world could reach the conclusion that the Prophet whom God wishes to raise here will also be under the shelter of God; and no power in the world will be able to destroy him or fail his mission. Similarly the world shall also realize that the shariah of this innocent Prophet will be everlasting, and that God Himself will undertake its preservation. The sixteenth objective connected with this House is (provide its dwellers with fruits). In this verse the Holy Quran points out that Allah the Almighty had the House rebuilt, so that having seen its blessings the world could reach the conclusion that those who are ready to sacrifice their lives in the cause of Allah, and becoming only His, having severed all worldly ties, their labour is never lost. Rather, they become recipient of the sweet rewards destined for them as a result of their humble and loving deeds. The seventeenth objective of building the House is (Our Lord, accept this from us). That is to say, the world shall realize that spiritual heights cannot be