The Pilgrimage
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.[22:33]
In them ye have benefits for a term appointed: in the end their place of sacrifice is near the Ancient House.

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* V.33 : In them: in cattle, or animals offered for sacrifice. It is quite true that they are useful in many ways to man, e.g., camels in desert countries are useful as mounts or for carrying burdens, or for giving milk, and so for horses and oxen: and camels and oxen are also good for meat, and camel’s hair can be woven into cloth; goats and sheep also yield milk and meat, and hair or wool. But if they are used for sacrifice, they become symbols by which men show that they are willing to give up some of their own benefits for the sake of satisfying the needs of their poorer brethren.
* Ila=towards, near. The actual sacrifice is not performed in the Ka’ba, but at Mind, five or six miles off, where the Pilgrims encamp: see n. 217 to ii 197. Thumma = then, finally, in the end; i.e., after all the rites have been performed, Tawaf, Safa and Marwa, and ’Arafat.