Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 59
60 Similarly, it is the fruit of the sacrifices and supplications made by Hadrat Ibrahim as. Thus, [God commands the Holy Prophet sa to] warn the Meccans and the Arabs that the promise of an immaculate shariah which was made to you has now been fulfilled, and the promised shariah has been sent down to you. If you turned your back on it, then, as you have been forewarned by Hadrat Ibrahim as , Divine punishment will be meted out to you and you will be forcibly dragged to the chastisement of fire. The verse therefore explicitly speaks that the word, (abounding in blessings) is related to the person of the Holy Prophet sa and prophecies of Hadrat Ibrahim as. The words, (warn the Mother of towns and those around her) discuss this subject in clear terms. Thus, both the meanings suggest that this House of Allah became (abounding in blessings) only when the Holy Prophet sa was raised. People in the world had started feeling love for Mecca and the Islamic shariah was revealed in Mecca to meet the needs of the world. The third objective of building the Ka‘bah discussed in these verses is that it will be made a centre for the guidance of all peoples. That is to say, a shariah will be sent down here which will not be peculiar to any one people or age, rather it will belong to (all peoples). It will be meant for all peoples, the whole world and all ages. An important point to be kept in mind in this respect is that at the time of the revelation of former Divine