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− peace. (3:97-98) Abraham raised it from the ruins, which he discovered under as Divine guidance, and about which he was commissioned by God to rebuild with the help of his son Ishmael. It is the same place where he had left his wife Hagar and infant son Ishmael, again under Divine instructions. But work on the House of God awaited attention until Ishmael grew to an age where he could be of some help. So, both of them worked together to rebuild the house and to restart the institution of pilgrimage. In the Holy Qur’an God Almighty says about Ka‘bah: − ÇjIA B´¿ Å¿ AËhbMAË BÄ¿AË pBļ» ÒIBR¿ OÎJ»A Bļ¨U gA Ë ‘ ’ ä × Ð æê ê ä ì æ ê æ å ê ì ä Èí æ ä ä ê ì ê é í ä ä ä ä æä æ ä æ ä ä æê ä Åΰ Bñ¼» ÓNÎI AjÈ ÆA ½Î¨ÀmA Ë ÇjIA Ó»A FÃfÈ§Ë Ó¼v¿ r ‘ ä æ ê Ó ê Ø ì ê ä ê æä ä éê ä æ ä ä æ ê Ð æê ä ä × Ð æê Ð ê ä æ ê ä ä È î ä å eÌVn»A ©·j»AË Åΰ¸¨»AË , ê æ å í ê ì í ä ä æ ê ê Ð æ ä wa idh ja‘alnalbaita mathabatallinnasi wa amna wattakhidhu − − − mimmaqami ibrahima musalla wa ‘ahidna ila ibrahima wa − − − ± − − − − isma‘ila an tahhira baitiya litta’ifina wal ‘akifina warrukka − − ± − − − − − ‘issujud − − And when We made the House a resort for mankind remember the time and of security; and take ye the station of Abraham as a place of a place Prayer. And We commanded Abraham and Ishmael, 'Purify My saying, House for those who perform the circuit and those who remain for therein devotion and those who bow down and fall prostrate (2:126) in Prayer. ' Obligations of Hajj ± Many rites performed during pilgrimage are rooted in the early days of the reconstruction of the House of God, and some even go beyond that. For instance, the running between and , two small Safa Marwah ± − hillocks close to the House of God, is done in memory of Hagar's search 157