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God created a perfect world called Paradise: an ideal world where man could achieve complete fulfilment. As an imperfect being cannot inhabit a perfect Paradise, God created perfection-seeking beings—human beings. As per God’s plan, we have to spend a period of trial here on Earth. This world, therefore, has all the components necessary for a test. We have been given complete freedom to choose our actions. Thus, we have a choice—we can misuse our freedom to do evil and live in eternal deprivation, or we can use our freedom wisely, discover and submit to our Creator, and willingly adopt divine ethics to find entry into eternal Paradise.

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Among all Muslim acts of worship, Hajj holds a prominent position. In one Hadith, the Prophet called it “the supreme act of worship.” But it is not just the rites of pilgrimage that constitute this importance, it is the spirit in which Hajj is performed. Hajj assumes a supreme act of worship when it is undertaken in its true spirit, and performed in the proper manner. It will then be the greatest act in a pilgrim’s life: he will never be the same again. To go on the Hajj is to meet God. When the pilgrim reaches Meeqat, the border of the Sacred Territory, he is filled with awe of God: he feels that he is leaving his own world, and entering God’s. Now he is touching the Lord, revolving around Him, running towards Him, journeying on His behalf, making a sacrifice in His name, praying to the Lord and seeing his prayers answered.

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