After fulfillment of Hajj devotions (L-252)
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فَإِذا
قَضَيتُم مَناسِكَكُم فَاذكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَذِكرِكُم آباءَكُم أَو أَشَدَّ
ذِكرًا ۗ 200a. |
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200a.
Fa-‘izaa qa-zaytum-manaasika-kum faz-kurUllaaha kazikrikum- ‘aabaaa-‘akum ‘aw ‘ashadda zikraa. |
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200a. When you have completed your rites, remember God as
you remember your parents, or even more. |
Qa-zaytum – (you have completed), this word has been derived from the word Qazaa which means ‘to obey, to have completed, to carry out’ particularly after adoration (worship).
Ma-naasika-kum – (devotions of the Pilgrimage), ma-naasik means those customs and worship which belong to the Pilgrimage. In addition to ma-naasik these are also called Sha-‘aaa-‘ir (the Signs). This peculiar character is used only for Hajj Devotions.
It was a rule during the days of ignorance that the Pilgrims used to remain assembled in the Field of Minaa up to three days (10th, 11th and 12th of Zil-Hajjah after completion of the Pilgrimage, mention about their tribes and ancestors, talk about their greatness and virtues. They used to assert proudly their dynasty magnificence. What is the advantage of mentioning about grandeur of the ancestors?
God gives excellence and grandeur to the human being; He is the Creator of the entire creatures, the Lord for bringing up, bestowing the wisdom; understanding and knowledge, intelligence, philosophy, nobility and greatness. So all kinds of praises and admiration should be peculiar for Him only. Except Him, singing songs of grandeur and greatness for any other individual or thing and grading them as the worshiped are just like plurality.
As you see that whence the recitation regarding the Pilgrimage has begun, from there, it has been pressing on equation, fear of God, control on passions, humility and purification of the soul continuously. It is being preached again and again for the remembrance of God, worship, repentance and begging for mercy and grace. All people are commanded to wear one kind of dress at the time of entering the limits of Haram. Then some lawful works are forbidden, which might intervene in this pathway. Many pleasant and favorite matters have been forbidden. It has been commanded to say at every step, “Lab-baika Allaahumma Lab-baika Lab-baika Laa Shariika laka Lab-baika ‘Innal Hamda wan-na’-mata Laka wal-Mulka Laa Shariika laka”, (Here I am, O God! Here I am, here I am – there is no partner for You, Here I am. Verily all praise is for You, and every bounty is from You, and all dominion is Yours – You have no partner). It has been admonished to remember God successively. This characteristic of the worship is found only in Islam.
We must listen to these orders, commandments and instructions of God with close attention, act upon them, modify our lives, abstain from unlawful and illegal things, elevate His mention, invite the people towards the right path, grow God-fearing in ourselves, and establish an example by becoming live pattern of advisable acts and good manners for the nations of the entire world..jpg)
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