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Therein are clear signs, among which is, the station of Abraham, that is, the stone upon which he stood to build the House, and on which his footprints remain; and it [the House] has endured all this length of time and the constant passing of hands over it. Among these [signs] are the fact that the reward for good deeds is multiplied in it and that birds never fly over it; and whoever enters it is in security, not liable therein to be killed or oppressed or otherwise. It is the duty of people towards Allahu ta’ālā to make the pilgrimage to the House (read either as hijj al-bayt or hajj al-bayt, as two variants of the verbal noun from hajj, meaning 'the intention [to journey there]'), if he is able to make his way there (man istatā'a ilayhi sabīlan substitutes for al-nās, 'people').

The Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" explained this [ability] as having provisions and a ride, as reported by al-Hākim [al-Naysābūrī] and others. As for the one who disbelieves, in Allahu ta’ālā or in what He has made obligatory with regard to the Pilgrimage, Allahu ta’ālā is Independent of all worlds, the humans, the jinn and the angels, and [is Independent of] their devotions.