Chapter Three-SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY OF HAJJ
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Chapter Three
SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY OF HAJJ
GOD'S FAVOR TO MAN
Indisputably, God has created man of earth in order to nurture him during his worldly life with the heavenly teachings of the prophets, remove pollutions from him, make him pure, and promote him to the highest stage of affinity with Himself. Since an earthy man is not worthy of affinity with God, and if such a man is left to himself, he will be drowned in the quagmire of lusts, God Who has made man evolutionize from the stage of mineral to plant and from plant to animal and then to human, can promote man to a stage making him unison with the angels. God does not withhold His favor from man and protects him with His special kindness and mercy. To prepare man to ascend to a metaphysical world, God has made a house of stone and mud in this world calling it His House and inviting his helpless and shelterless servants to shower them with His special blessings.
God has called all servants on the earth to make pilgrimage to Mecca, circumambulate His House, and link their hearts to the Lord of the House so as to gradually prepare themselves for visiting the Lord of the universe. God says (in a Hadith Qudsi1): لم تَسَعْني أَرضÙÙŠ ولا سَمائÙÙŠ وَوَسÙعَني قَلب٠عَبدÙÙŠÙŽ المÙؤمÙن٠اللّيّن٠الوادÙعÙ.
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1 The Hadith Qudsi is the words of Almighty God reported by the Prophets and their successors.
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?I am not contained in the earth nor in the heavens, but I am contained in the soft and tranquil heart of My believing servant.?1
Whoever goes to Mecca on foot will circumambulate the Kaaba, but whoever goes there with his heart present, the Kaaba will circumambulate him.
