All 13 Uses of
Mecca
in
The Alchemist by Coelho
- We are obliged, at least once in our lives, to visit the holy city of Mecca.
Part 2 *Mecca = the birthplace of Muhammad and the holiest city of Islam (located in Saudi Arabia)
- Mecca is a lot farther away than the Pyramids.†
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- I thought that someday I'd be rich, and could go to Mecca.†
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- At the same time, people were passing my shop all the time, heading for Mecca.†
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- Well, why don't you go to Mecca now?" asked the boy.†
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- Because it's the thought of Mecca that keeps me alive.†
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- I just want to dream about Mecca.†
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- Since that morning in the marketplace, he had never again made use of Urim and Thummim, because Egypt was now just as distant a dream for him as was Mecca for the merchant.†
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- And you have the money you need to go to Mecca.†
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- But you know that I'm not going to go to Mecca.†
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- Who knows? maybe it's better to be like the crystal merchant: never go to Mecca, and just go through life wanting to do so, he thought, again trying to convince himself.†
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- One year, when the crop was the best ever, we all went to Mecca, and I satisfied the only unmet obligation in my life.†
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- The boy remembered the crystal merchant who had always wanted to go to Mecca, and the Englishman in search of the alchemist.†
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Definition:
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(Mecca) the birthplace of Muhammad and the holiest city of Islam (located in Saudi Arabia)editor's notes: Each year millions of Muslim pilgrims visit Mecca -- especially during the Hajj.