Umrah is a nobel pilgrimage and it is a wish of every Muslim to visit the sacred house of Allah Almighty. Muslims from all around the world pray and try every year to go on Umrah or Hajj. Everyone prays to go on pilgrimage and get the reward of performing Umrah and Hajj. It was not easy to apply for visa and go for Umrah before, especially for people who are living in UK, Canada or USA, but now the Islamic travel agency has started facilitating Muslims living in UK with the Luxury Umrah Packages which will facilitate the Muslim residents living in UK with the easy visa procedure and right assistance for required to get the Umrah visa on time with the minimum waiting time required for it.
Earlier people used to wait for months before receiving the Umrah visa and used to go through the tedious process of documentation, logistics, flight bookings, hotel hunting and traveling, but now all these bookings can be taken care of by the assistance of Islamic travel agency, as they can take care of the whole process of getting a Birmingham Umrah Packages with the minimum waiting time. In addition to this they will also help you with the logistics and health insurance.
An Invitation from Allah:
This is a bitterreality that not everyone is fortunate enough to go to Hajj and Umrah, so it is a special and blessed feeling to be chosen to go. There is no doubt that Allah is personally inviting you to his house and giving you an opportunity to cry before him and be purified by all the sins and worldly desire. So you should be thankful as out of millions of servants that he could have picked, he picked you. If you are the chosen one than you must know that you have been favored. Allah is so merciful that he has given us the means to revive our faith and purify our heart and soul. The pilgrimage is an opportunity to face the trails and hardships on a journey of return to him. This is a journey of tests and rewards for the sake of Allah Almighty.
It has been stated that every step that has been taken towards the mosque is charity, so we can only imagine that how much charity is accumulated from the Hajji who covers the distance from the distant lands solely to perform Hajj and visit the sacred Mosque and house of Allah, while being in the pure state of Ihram. In Surah Hajj it has been stated,
“And proclaim the Pilgrimage among men: they will come to you on foot and (mounted) on every kind of camel, lean on account of journeys through deep and distant mountain highways. That they may witness the benefits (provided) for them, and celebrate the name of Allah, throughout the Days appointed”.
You are Invited to Reflect:
It is very true that you are only invited when Allah has decided to forgive your sins and he only blesses you with the ability to pray when he wants to bestow his blessings on you. He only grants you with the ability to seek for his mercy and forgiveness when he wants to forgive your past sins and mistakes.
Throughout this journey of pilgrimage you become increasingly grateful for having the opportunity to increase yourTaqwa. This is the greatest blessing from Allah. Keep this in mind that if you have been able to remember Allah then surely Allah has remembered you because he has given you the reason to remember him. The smallest things remind you of Allah and there are so many signs for those who reflect.
The verses in Quran that speak of Hajj, conclude with a commandment of being conscious of Allah’s presence, or a reminder of Allah’s bounteous favor upon us. They also remind us of the link between Hajj and the day of judgement. As it is evident in the following verse’
“You see the Earth barren and lifeless, but when we pour down rain on it, it is stirred to life, it swells, and it puts forth every kind of beautiful growth in pairs. This is so because Allah is the Reality: it is He who gives life to the dead and it is he who has power over all things”.
As you travel through Makkah and you see vast desert/rocky terrain with little greenery and you spend the night in Muzdalifah on the ground opposite to mountains and near barren lands this Ayah’s meaning becomes more apparent and you truly are able to understand what a blessing rain and beautiful growth is. It has been said in Quran,
“See you not that to Allah bow down in worship all things that are in the heavens and the Earth- the sun, the moon, the stars; the hills, the trees, the animals; and a great number among mankind?”
There is no doubt that Allah is the only entity who is complete and perfect. He has no flaws and without his permission nothing happens. So if you have received his calling than it surely is a blessing upon you and an invitation to seek for his mercy and forgiveness.