Visit a sanctuary where Beauty has alighted,

And you shall be free from the arduous night-journey to the Mountain.

Do not visit the traces of a deserted abode

But visit a sanctuary from which her light has never departed.

For that is the Living One, whom if you attain,

You have attained a Hajj not carried by camels.

And similar to it is his saying in another poem:

"What is the Hajj in the law of love except a form, Expressing the existence of hidden meanings?"

They ask you about the new moons. Say, They are measurements of time for the people. The new moons......

Hajj is during well-known months.. The well-known months.....

In summary, I say: The Creator (the Exalted) has pointed in His Mighty Book to the internal meanings of the Hajj in many places, to awaken us to the reality of His intent (Glory be to Him). Among these is His saying in Surat al-Baqarah:

{They ask you about the crescents [new moons]. Say: They are measurements of time for the people and for Hajj.

And it is not righteousness that you enter houses from their backs, but righteousness is [in] one who fears Allah. And enter houses through their