No distinctions in appearance are visible.

No distinctions in appearance are visible. The caravans from all over the world which are traveling to Hajj will congregate at Miqat. They will meet at the same time and at the same place! On his way to Allah, man is not just "to be" but he is "to become" what he should be! And unto Allah is the journeying. Qur’an 24:42 How wonderful! Everything is moving - evolution, death and life, life and death, contradiction, change, and direction. Everything will perish save His countenance.

Qur’an 28:88 And Allah is the "absolute" - being, perfect, and eternal! Every day He exerciseth (universal) power. Qur’an 55:29 Hajj is also a movement. Man decides to return toward Allah. All of his egos and selfish tendencies are buried at Miqat (Zu-halifa). He witnesses his own dead body and visits his own grave. Man is reminded of the final goal of his life. He experiences death at Miqat and resurrection after which he must continue his mission in the desert between Miqat and Miad.

The scene is like the Day of Judgment. From one horizon to the other, a "flood of whites" appears. All the people are wearing the Kafan. No one can be recognized. The bodies were left in Miqat and the souls are motivated here. Names, races, nor social status make a difference in this great combination. An atmosphere of genuine unity prevails. It is a human show of Allah's unity. Fear and pleasure, excitement and charm, perplexity and rapture all appear as minute particles in a magnetic field.

Allah is in its center (qibla')! Only man shows himself. He is situated in one direction which is toward Allah. In this desert all the nations and groups merge into one tribe. They face one Kaaba. Once you remove your clothes and all the signs which distinguish "you" as an individual, you may enter into the heart of the crowd. In the state of Ihram', try to forget the things that remind you of your life. Everyone "melts" himself and assumes a new form as a "mankind".

The egos and individual traits are buried. The group becomes a "people" or an "Umma". All the I's have died in Miqat; what has evolved is "We". By the time you leave Mina you should have integrated into the Umma. This is what Ibrahim did. You are also supposed to act like Ibrahim. Lo Abraham was a nation obedient to Allah, by nature upright, and he was not of the idolaters. Qur’an 16:120 At last, one is all and all is one! Everyone is equal.

The society of polytheism is converted into one of monotheism or Tawhid.