After Hajj: The Return of Consciousness 🕋
🕋 After Hajj: The Return of Consciousness The Qur’an emphasizes three fundamental principles regarding the post-Hajj period: Returning with remembrance (dhikr) and God-centered awareness, Resuming social responsibilities, Behavioral transformation and alignment with tawḥīd (Divine Oneness). 1. Returning with Dhikr and a God-Centered Memory “When you have completed your rites of Hajj, remember Allah as you used to remember your forefathers—or with even greater remembrance.” (Surah al-Baqarah 2:200) After Hajj, the believer is no longer to be preoccupied with tribal pride, ancestral boasting, or cultural ego. The focus must now be Divine consciousness and a tawḥīd-centered orientation. 2. Supplication: Balancing the World and the Hereafter “Among the people is one who says, ‘Our Lord, give us in this world,’ and he will have no share in the Hereafter.” “But among them is he who says, ‘Our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereaft...