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the earth every night; the first at whom He looks are the people of the Sanctuary
(Makkah) and of these He looks first at the people of the Sacred Mosque; those
He sees circuiting it He forgives, those He sees at Prayer He forgives, and those
He sees standing facing the Ka‟bah He forgives.
One of the awlia (those close to Allah) saw a vision and said: “I saw all the
frontier regions prostrating toward Abbadan and I saw Abbadan prostrating
towards Jeddah.” It is said that the sun never sets on a day, nor rises after a
night, when a saintly or holy person has not made the circuit of the House, and
that when this ceases to be so there will be cause for the Ka‟bah to be removed
from the earth without trace. This will happen when nobody has come on
Pilgrimage for seven years. The Koran will then be removed from the written
books, leaving pages blank with not one letter showing. Then the Koran will be
erased from all hearts, not one word of it will be remembered. People will then
revert to the poems, songs and fables of the time of ignorance. Then will emerge
(Makkah) and of these He looks first at the people of the Sacred Mosque; those
He sees circuiting it He forgives, those He sees at Prayer He forgives, and those
He sees standing facing the Ka‟bah He forgives.
One of the awlia (those close to Allah) saw a vision and said: “I saw all the
frontier regions prostrating toward Abbadan and I saw Abbadan prostrating
towards Jeddah.” It is said that the sun never sets on a day, nor rises after a
night, when a saintly or holy person has not made the circuit of the House, and
that when this ceases to be so there will be cause for the Ka‟bah to be removed
from the earth without trace. This will happen when nobody has come on
Pilgrimage for seven years. The Koran will then be removed from the written
books, leaving pages blank with not one letter showing. Then the Koran will be
erased from all hearts, not one word of it will be remembered. People will then
revert to the poems, songs and fables of the time of ignorance. Then will emerge