” How far is it Mamma” cried a 12 year old girl in anticipation. She was going to see the Most beautiful thing/structure a Human eye ever saw.
” Just 10 more mins sweety ” said her mother in response, and gave instructions to hold her hand, once they get down of their car.
The car came to a screeching halt, The girl’s eyes took some time to adjust to the light outside.Though the sun wasnt set completely(It was 4:45 a.m in the morning), it was very illuminious. They got down and the girl immediately caught her Mother’s hand and walked with her eyes pinned to the ground. She dint wanted to see ‘it’ till she was completely face-to-face with it. As soon as her bare feet touched the Marble flooring, expecting it to be hot, she was surprised to feel blissfully cold under her feet. ‘Mashallah’, let out the girl.

Watching many people running towards ‘it’, with sheer dedication and concentration, she started reciting the Talbiyah, just as her father advised and taught her to. Very soon she stood before ‘it’ and her parents asked her to raise her eyes and see it. Not able to contain anymore excitement, the girl raised her head with a smile on her face. A sudden chill went down her spine, She was finally standing before ‘Kaaba’ in Mecca. Having heard a lot about Kaaba and finally seeing it with her own eyes, was a big blessing for her, and she felt tears running down her cheek, with happiness. Her eyes fixed on the black covering of Kaaba, the embriodery(text) with gold on it. ‘Baitul Muqaddas’ was something which made her heart skip a beat, She was speechless, watching people clinging to it and making duas with total faith in Allah. She saw the ‘Hajr-e-aswad’ and ran towards with, she was stunned with the musk smell emerging from it, even when many people were crying(asking duas) leaning into it. She became suddenly aware of Allah’s grace and existance, That sight increasing her faith in Allah by thousand folds, She thanked Allah for blessing her with a chance to visit Haram for a Umrah at the mere age of 12. She along with her parents raised her hands, making duas for the first time in her life in Haram.
Having read two nafil prayers, She held her Mothers hand at one side and her fathers hand at the other side, and they started their Umrah, first by doing Tawaf.

The girl is none other than Me, and this was my first experience of visiting Haram, which i still cherish with the depth of my heart. I alhamdulillah visited Haram many times, and still am hungry to visit it whenever i can. I pray for anyone here, who havent visited it, for a chance to witness its beauty and elegance. What a beautiful and majestic structure Kaaba is and How merciful and loving Allah is.

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