NIGHT IN AL-MASH'AR AL-HARAM AND REFLECTION
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NIGHT IN AL-MASH'AR AL-HARAM AND REFLECTION
Night in al-Mash'ar al-Haram is opportune time for reflection. The sky there with the radiance of its stars creates a heavenly and spiritual state in man and takes to a world above other worlds.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF STAYING OVERNIGHT IN AL-MASH'AR
Let us reflect on the philosophy of staying overnight in al-Mash'ar, perhaps a door of God's mystery will be opened to us. We have come to al-Mash'ar to have full cognition of God and to renew our covenant with Him. Let us follow the duaa of Imam Hussein made on the day of Arafat:
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1 See as-Sahifat al-Kamilat al-Sajjadiyya, Supplication 31
2 See Jami'us-Sa'aadat; Vol. 1 p 165
3 See Tuhaf ul-Uqoul p. 325
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أَيَكُونُ لِغَيرِكَ مِن الظُّهورِ ما لَيسَ لكَ حَتّى يكونَ هو المَظهَرَ لك؟ مَتى غِبتَ حتى تحَتاجَ إلى دَليلٍ يَدُلُّ عليكَ؟ ومتى بَعُدتَ حتى تَكونَ الآثارُ هِي الّتي تُوصِلُ إليكَ؟ عَمِيَتْ عَينٌ لا تَراكَ علَيها رَقِيباً وخَسِرَت صَفْقَةُ عَبدٍ لم تجعَلْ لهُ مِن حُبِّكَ نصِيباً
Is there any being more bright than You in whose light to find You? When have You been hidden to seek You under guidance? When have You been far away to turn to You through a sign? Let those eyes not seeing You watchful be blind and let the servant who has no love of You suffer losses and gain nothing.1
Al-Mash'ar al-Haram is the manifestation of God-seeking motto.
فَإِذَا أَفَضْتُمْ مِنُ عَرَفَاتٍ فَاذْكُرُوا اللهَ عِنْدَ المَشْعَرِ الحَرَامِ
So, when you hasten on from Arafat, then remember Allah near the Holy Monument? Al-Mash'ar al-Haram. (The Holy Quran; 2:198)
Al-Mash'ar al-Haram is dark and nothing but God prevails it. The light of God's cognition has filled a pilgrim's heart so much so that everything is effected in its light:
عَظُمَ الخالِقُ في أنفُسِهِم فَصَغُر ما دونَهُ في أعيُنِهِم
The greatness of the Creator is seated in their hearts, and so, everything else appears small in their eyes.2
وَكانَت دُنياهُم أقَلَّ عِندَهم ممّا يَطَؤونَهُ بِأرجُلِهِم
The world of the mammonists is worthless than what trodden on.3
