What is the Importance of the Hajj (Pilgrimage to Mecca)?
Mohammad Ali was a famous American boxer, gold-medal winner at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy, three times World Heavyweight Champion, and acknowledged (said by everyone) as “The Greatest”. He became a Muslim in 1965 and changed his name from Cassius Clay. He later made a hajj: “I have had many nice moments in my life. But the feelings I had while standing on Mount Arafat (just outside Mecca, Saudi Arabia) on the day of the Hajj was the most unique (special and unlike anything else). I felt exalted (raised up high) by the indescribable (can’t be described) spiritual atmosphere (feeling) there as over one and a half million pilgrims invoked (asked, called upon) God to forgive them for their sins and bestow on them (give them) His choicest blessings. “It was an exhilarating (exciting, wonderful) experience to see people belonging to different colors, races and nationalities, kings, heads of state and ordinary men from very poor countries all clad (dressed) in two simple white sheets pr
