The Hajj Pilgrimage Comments

Beautiful. Your love, emotions, information and urge to say all this to all of us. Thanks for sharing this lovely poem.

Very informative about why an anti-clockwise direction is taken for perambulation, and other related things

very deep for a simple thinker like me thought provoking must stand back to take it all in excellent write

Your aesthetic metaphor on the Bohr atom led me to a moral reflection. In Bohr's atom, some states are allowed while others are forbidden. The beauty of discrete spectral emission (light & color) would not be possible without such quantization. Similarly, moral beauty in the human domain comes from self-realization of limits, bounds and forbidden states.

Poetic observations on the manifestation of form, motion and spirit embodied in the Muslim pilgrimage and its verisimilitude with pure geometry (circle, cube) and the motion inherent in the universe from the infinite to the infinitesimal. The white circulating mass does not discriminate race, color, ethnicity or gender. With a common purpose humanity can transcend all divisions including religion. Difference remains but it is celebrated!

I thank you for increasing my knowledge about your religion and the ties it has to the universe. And your knowledge of the heavenlies bogles my mind! ! ! ! A stellar job of writing! ! ! !

A truly magnificent piece! You are a fantastic poet. Thank you for sharing.

How I wish I preform Hajj inshallah Amin , this poem really inspired me

The imagery is like the stars themselves in this poem; floating in my mind

Great poem...abounding with powerful imagery. I particularly like the use of anaphora. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about the hajj...a truly wonderful spiritual experience of the Muslim faith....wow! ! !

Your words are filled with knowledge. Read with interest and great wonder. Thank you Zaynab you have given this work your all.

it was interesting to read this as i like learning about faith traditions—and learn some things i did—and the parents of kosovar friends have left here to make hajj. they are elderly, and i pray they'll be okay. (i have seen video footage of people in hajj—indeed a mass of humanity! —and have heard of injuries and even death at times because of the crowds. i hope they, as most, will find the experience inspiring, exceeding their expectations. -glen

Infused with spiritual energy, this poem stirs our mind as well as heart. The circular motion is definitely a sign of submission to the creator. A beautiful and intelligent take on the significance of Hajj and the beauty of faith.

Zaynab you experience and write beautifully your experiences in relation to God and the great truths of the world... big like for you.... dr. Riza

....we the Muslim believers in Hajj/Umrah pilgrimage likewise go round and round and orbit the Ka'abah.... anti-clockwise ....To learn the sacredness of life and to respect all life.... //.... Full of spirituality and divine thought which is followed by the entire cosmic world and the scientific theories astronomy, physics and the like. Thanks, zaynab ji, for this amazing write and the detailed Poet's Notes.

A philosophic view and a nice poetic description of the pilgrimage. An amazing poem.

and my pilgrimage heart always recite the below Hajji-o Aao Shahe-Shah Ka Raoja Dekho; Ka'ba Tu Dekh Chukhe Ka'ba Ka Ka'ba Dekho......(Ahmad Reza Khan Fazele Bereli)

here is my soul I'm not this body no, not this body I'm the self no, not this ego my soul is eternal entity of my-self o let's go go to this soul roundly to the Ka'ba the naval point of the earth the focal point of the heart the source of the peace for the all eternal soul please allow me allow my segregated pure self, my soul with the greatest unity........ make me pilgrimage to ever pure eternity.....

Pilgrims experience a positive revolutionary change within themselves as they revolve around the awesome sacrosanct cubic Kaaba.../// superb excellent expression on the Abrahamic spirituality

This is a very interesting write about The Hajj Pilgrimage.