The Message Of Hajj

in the courtyard of Baitullah. He circles it seven times. In this way, he is symbolically demonstrating the action that he will always move around God. He will give God a central place in his life and will live his whole life around God or a God-oriented life. After Tawaf, the pilgrim performs Sa’i between the hills of Safa and Marwah. He goes from Safa to Marwah and then from Marwah to Safa. In this way, he walks fast and performs the Sa’i seven times. This too is a symbolic act. It is an expression of his determination to put his efforts in the way of God. During this act, apparently, the pilgrim is moving between two hills, Safa and Marwah, but in reality, this Sa’i is a symbol of struggle in the path of God, performed in the form of a repetition of a historical event. The most important worship during Hajj is the one called Wuquf-e-Arafat. That is, reaching the plain of Arafat and staying there. This is a very strange scene. People from all over the world, saying “ ,” (I am present, O God, I am present), and wearing the same simple dress, gather in the vast and open field of Arafat. This is like a worldly rehearsal of standing before God in the field of resurrection. A gathering like this in Arafat reminds the pilgrim of the Day of Judgement. It makes him feel the biggest reality, and if a person really becomes aware of this truth, then his life completely changes. All his affairs start getting corrected automatically.