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Yearning results from understanding
and the realization that the Kabah is truly the House of
God Most High, that it was established on the analogy of
royal palaces so that whoever goes there goes as a
visitor to God Most High, and that whoever goes to the
House in this world deserves that the visit should not
be in vain.
Whoever visits will be granted the
object of the visit at the time appointed, namely the
vision of God's Noble Countenance in the abode of
eternity. The finite mortal eye we possess in this
earthly abode is inadequate and unprepared to receive
the vision of the Face of God Most High, to bear that
Light, or the equipment to take it in.
But in the abode of the Hereafter,
when it has been granted perpetuity and freedom from the
causes of change and decay, it will be prepared for that
vision and sight. Meanwhile, by betaking oneself to the
House and beholding it, one earns the right to meet the
Lord of the House by virtue of the noble promise.
To be sure, the longing to meet God,
Great and Glorious is He, creates a longing for all that
will lead to that meeting, for the lover craves
everything in any way connected with his beloved. The
House is connected with God Most High is He, so this
connection is surely enough in itself to make one yearn
for it, quite apart from the desire to attain the great
reward that is promised.
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