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it His own. He has made it a goal for His worshipers consecrating its surround as
a sanctuary for His House and for the Glory of His cause. He has made Arafat as
it were the pipe supplying water to the pool of His heavenly court. He has
emphasized the dignity of the place by declaring its game and its trees inviolate.
He has modeled it on a royal court, the goal of visitors from every deep ravine
and every distant scene, who disheveled, dusty and humble to the Lord of the
House, meekly submissive to His Majesty and might, (acknowledging, of course,
that He is beyond being contained by any house or confined to any town) so that
their homage and adoration may be more intense, their compliance and
obedience more perfect. That is why they have been enjoined to perform there
certain actions to, which the soul does not readily conform, and the significance
of, which is not easily grasped by the mind, like the stoning of the pillars and the
running back and forth several times between al-Safa and al-Marwa. The Pilgrim
demonstrates through such actions the perfection of his homage and adoration.
The Zakat (obligatory charity) has the rational appeal of an intelligible humane
a sanctuary for His House and for the Glory of His cause. He has made Arafat as
it were the pipe supplying water to the pool of His heavenly court. He has
emphasized the dignity of the place by declaring its game and its trees inviolate.
He has modeled it on a royal court, the goal of visitors from every deep ravine
and every distant scene, who disheveled, dusty and humble to the Lord of the
House, meekly submissive to His Majesty and might, (acknowledging, of course,
that He is beyond being contained by any house or confined to any town) so that
their homage and adoration may be more intense, their compliance and
obedience more perfect. That is why they have been enjoined to perform there
certain actions to, which the soul does not readily conform, and the significance
of, which is not easily grasped by the mind, like the stoning of the pillars and the
running back and forth several times between al-Safa and al-Marwa. The Pilgrim
demonstrates through such actions the perfection of his homage and adoration.
The Zakat (obligatory charity) has the rational appeal of an intelligible humane