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- Why did the family have to drag Mahtob and me along on their ridiculous pilgrimages?†
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- Then, giving all the credit to Allah, she rose from her pallet and announced that she would make an immediate pilgrimage to the holy city of Meshed in the northeastern portion of the country, where there was an especially venerated masjed, known for its healing powers.†
- She explained that she was married to an Iranian man from Meshed, the same city where Ameh Bozorg was now on her pilgrimage.†
- Reza and Essey planned a pilgrimage to the holy masjed at Meshed, where Ameh Bozorg had journeyed in search of a miracle cure.†
- Before the birth of Mehdi, Reza and Essey had made a nasr, promising to undergo the pilgrimage if Allah granted them a son.†
- Surely my desire to go on the pilgrimage would reassure him of my growing devotion to his way of life.†
- I truly wanted to make the pilgrimage.†
- Moody agreed readily to the pilgrimage.†
- The pilgrimage affected me deeply, bringing me closer than ever to really believing in Moody's religion.†
- Still I refused, growing more wary and confused, remembering tricks she had played on me in the past, especially at Quin when she had ordered me to sit and later complained that I refused to complete my pilgrimage at the tomb of the holy Moslem martyr.†
- First, I truly believed Amahl was the answer to all my prayers, both Christian and Islamic, to my nasr, to my request to Imam Mehdi, to my pilgrimage to Meshed.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(pilgrimage) a journey to a special place -- especially a sacred place for religious purposes
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)