Alhamdullillah (All praises to Allah), myHoney,
youngest son (so far…) and I were given the opportunity to be Allah guests to
visit both the al Harams, namely Mecca and Nabawi mosques. It was a wonderful
and productive holidays for us. Some moments they were challenging, energy-driven
and patient-test. However we enjoyed every minute of it.
All walks of life
We saw all walk of lives in both the al Harams
(mosques in Mecca & Medina). We recognised and appreciated now the meaning
of borderless world. It was also proven to us that religion and Islam is
universal.
MasyaAllah (Allah the all Mighty), there were many of “we”
and “they”. The fair, the dark & the in-between. The whites were among
others, look-a-like of Van Diesel and Bratt Pitt (reminded me of his bold-head
look). The dark people were look-a-like of Mr T (the A team), Eddie Murphy and Denzel
Washington. The many handsome Hindustan
were such as the mirror images of Amitabh Bachaan, Shahrukh Khan and Salman
Khan.
The lady look-a-like were Angeline Jolie (reminded me
when she wore the head gear / scarf in Afghanistan), Naomi Campbell and Aswarya
Rai. Unfortunately we (or I...) did not meet look-a-like of Tiz Zaqiah, Fasha
Sanda, Liza Surihani and company.
We also saw people from various backgrounds, poor and
rich, were able to come because they were invited by the all Mighty. On Friday
we met millions of these jemaah. We were informed that some of them came
through land.
Medina: Nabawi mosque
The weather was hot, about 40°C and dry in Medina. However
it was interesting to see Arabs sitting around the mosque in the night while
their children played and ran around and others even rolled around the mosque with
their skateboards.
Figure 1 Day view outside Nabawi mosque
