Dr. Ali Shariati has highlighted three main points at the beginning of his writing. Those point are consists of Tawheed, Jihad, and Hajj. He express how he become a bit disappointed for the fact that how the “prayer book” was brought from the graveyard into the city while the Holy Quran was taken away from the citizens in the city and given to those at the graveyard. He insists that the Holy Quran should be taken from the graveyard back to the city and read them to those who are still alive and not deceased. Let us embrace Quran thoroughly. Let Quran be one of the important subjects that should be learned by our students and not just some other book in our shelves. This book Hajj talks about the significance from a monotheistic …show more content…
It is a symbolic demonstration of the philosophy of Creation of Adam. To further illustrate this, it may be stated that the performance of hajj is simultaneous show of many things; it is a “show of creation”, a “show of history”, a “show of unity”, a “show of Islamic ideology” and a “show of Umma. It is quite frustrating that these concepts of hajj are misinterpreted by some people by saying that this duty has a very little significance. Personally, Dr. Ali Shariati wanted to share his perceptions of the significance of hajj which he hoped would help us to understand why it is incumbent upon Muslims to perform this duty, or at least motivate us to think about …show more content…
One of it was regarding the scarification. Ibrahim a.s has been asked by Allah to sacrificed Ismail. He thought of his dream so many times but still couldn’t find a way to real meaning behind it because there is none. The message is as it is. He has to sacrifice Ismail in order to fulfill his duty as the servant of Allah. Ismail remain his calm when he first heard about it from his beloved father. He even tried to comfort Ibrahim by saying that he should be obedient to the message of Allah. Even though Ibrahim a.s couldn’t do it, he eventually calm his nerves but then, the one that Ibrahim held changed into a sheep as a ransom sent by Allah. Indeed Ibrahim has fulfill his tasks and there is no need for a man