For 1429 years "Haj" or "The Pilgrimage To Makkah" has been one of Islam's 5 key worships. It's comes in the last month of the Hijri year... Now is this time and tomorrow 3 million muslims will be standing on Arafat (a hill in the outskirts of Makkah) spending a whole day, from day break till sunset, praying and reading the Koran and supplicating God for mercy, forgiveness and more...
On this Sacred Land pilgrims of diverse races and tongues; from the four corners of the earth, join in faith and worship, at the feet of Your Divine Home-- the focal point of all muslims, Al-Ka'bah!
As tears stream down their cheeks they touch the holy Black-stone, sensing-- connecting with its builders, Ibraham and Ismaiil.
Millions form white-washed human like waves, orbitting the heart of Islam, chanting their devotion, crying their repentance, to You, O God!
Labaiik Allahumah Labaiik. Labaiika La Sharreka Laka, Labaiik. Inna Al-Hamda, Wal Ni'mata Laka, Wal Mulk. La Shareeka Lak.
Treading the path to the Mount Of Mercy-- Arafat-- eyes shine with remorse, pitiful hands stretch out in prayer-- hearts soar with hope of divine absolution-- as the hours fly by, oblivious to the scorching sun...
Footsteps of weeping multitudes amble in the wake of their ancestors in Islam, caught up in a subliminal act-- a complete surrender-- under starlit skies that lie witness to the purifaction of repentant souls...
Millions of pebbles gathered from the Sacred Land cut through the air aimed at the three pillars of evil... feeding their hatred to Satan...
Blood gushes from Sacrifices made to you, O God! Accept their submission to Your Divine Will!
Ending their trip-- another orbit of Al-Ka'bah, Your Mercy cleanses them, they are reborn again-- chaste new infants!
La Ilaha Illa Allah Mohammad Rasoul Allah!
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Labaiik Allahuma Labaiik: Here I am, O God, at Thy Command! Here I am at Thy Command! La Shareeka Laka: Thou art without associate Labaiik: Here I am at Thy Command! Inna Alhamda, Wal Ni'mata Laka, Wal Mulk: Thine are praise and grace and dominion! La Shareeka Lak:Thou art without associate.
La Ilaha Illa Allah: There is but one God Mohammad Rasoul Allah: Mohammad is his prophet!
Ibrahim: Abraham Ismaiil: Ishmail
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