Re: The purpose of life
- From: "radiogalaxy" <radiogalaxy@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 04:18:58 GMT
How to identify a Muslim.
1. Uncivilized
2. Ignorant
3. Murderer
4. Filthy
5. Banded Head
6. Illiterate
7. Backward thinker
8. Brandishing a Koran he/she don't read.
9. Brandishing an AK/RPG in a peaceful community
10.Daydreamer and Wishful thinker
11.Lazy and inefficient
12. Full of hatred and envy
"ªk½ü¤jªk¦n" <Islam_ will_ replace_ collapsing_ Amerikan_ empire@xxxxxxxxx>
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>> The purpose of life
>> Kamal Badr
>>
>> The purpose of man's existence in life: Why was he created? Then one
>> can extract from this another issue: Allah's divine schemes.
>> That's, what are the reasons that underline His actions.
>>
>> Ok, He created mankind. But why? If you say, just to worship Him,
>> another question comes up: Why to worship Him? What does He want to do
>> with worship anyway? Someone may say to know Him, i.e. we worship Him
>> to know Him. I'd say, it should be the other way around: We must know
>> Allah in order to worship Him. This has been confirmed by many
>> Qur'anic verses, one of them is the following:
>> Know, therefore, that there is no god but God, and ask forgiveness for
>> thy fault, ...
>>
>> Surah 47 Verse 19
>>
>> You see here that knowledge is highly stressed upon, for man to know
>> about his Lord. Allah also says:
>>
>> There is no god but He: That is the witness of God, His angels, and
>> those endued with knowledge, standing firm on justice. There is no god
>> but He, the Exalted in Power, the Wise.
>>
>> Surah 3 Verse 18
>>
>> So, you see, knowledge gives rise to strong faith and true awareness
>> about the Divine Entity.
>>
>> A question thrown by a child to his mother: "Mum, why do you happen
>> to be my mother?" "Because I gave birth to you," the mother
>> replied. "But why did you give birth to me?" The child went
>> further. "Because I needed a good and pretty child like you, and God
>> answered my prayer," the confused mother replied. However, the child,
>> who would not be convinced with such simple answers, said to his
>> mother: "Please mum. Just one more question! Why did you need a
>> child?" Responding to this, the mother snapped back: "I needed a
>> child to play my role in life as a good mother, and for you to obey me.
>> Now would you please stop this nonsense?!"
>>
>> Now you see, There are some areas that man's mortal mind cannot reach
>> in his quest for knowledge. He will just be asking and asking endless
>> questions, which may further increase his confusion. That's why we
>> Muslims are urged not to give free rein to our thoughts as not make
>> ourselves easy prey for Satan, for Satan waits for man at the end of
>> this chain of question to entrap him. Nothing more. So the shield of a
>> Muslim in this mental struggle is 'iman (faith). He is not prevented
>> from thinking and reflecting. Rather, he is constantly urged by the
>> Qur'an to think and to meditate; he should let his mind traverse the
>> whole universe, contemplating on the secrets of the universe in order
>> to draw near to conviction about his creator, about himself and others.
>>
>>
>> Still, he is not to be left alone in this crucial journey. Islam sets
>> for him guidelines to accompany him. When he asks himself about why he
>> is created, the answer is there for him in the Qur'an:
>>
>>
>> I have only created Jinns and men, that they may worship (or serve) Me.
>>
>>
>> Surah 51 Verse 56
>>
>> Now here you are! So does it mean that our main purpose of existence is
>> to worship God? Not exactly! When we say that man was created to
>> worship Allah, this does not mean that Allah needs his/her worship.
>> Almighty Allah is Ever-Rich, and He does not need our worship. He says
>> in a divine hadith (hadith kudsi):
>>
>> "If all of you, jinn and mankind, were to worship like the most
>> righteous amongst you, it would not increase the dominion of Allah in
>> any way, shape or form ..."
>>
>> If so, then why did He order us to worship Him? This is part of His
>> tremendous mercy and kindness. Allah tells you to worship Him just for
>> your own sake. He wants to bless you, to shower you with His mercy, to
>> stand besides you and guide you to success and salvation. How do you
>> earn all this? It's just through one thing, i.e. worship your God.
>> Just like that? Yes, just like that. Your worship implies your faith in
>> Him, your showing acknowledgment of Him. Allah says in another Divine
>> hadith:
>>
>> "My servants, I didn't create you just to keep Me company or for
>> you to help Me accomplish a certain task, nor did I create you to
>> acquire a benefit or to be spared a harm. I did create you for you to
>> offer Me incessant worship, to remember always and to glorify Me day
>> and night."
>>
>> All that we are required to do here is just for own benefit. Let me ask
>> you a question: If a very rich person in your neighborhood asks you to
>> recognize him as a wealthy person, and says that if you do that he will
>> fill your house with dollars, sterling pounds...etc. And you are in
>> need. Won't you do that? Just a simple job! Do I hear you saying
>> "Of course I'd do it right away?" So! Why can't we do it for
>> God, despite that we know that He owns everything, including you and
>> that rich man? By this, our worship reflects our love to God, and this
>> is what makes Him happy. He says in the Qur'an:
>> Say: "If ye do love God, Follow me: God will love you and forgive you
>> your sins: For God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
>>
>> Surah 3 Verse 31
>>
>> He is the Loving God, and His great love manifests in everything: in
>> the way He created you, in how He takes care of you since your infancy,
>> and promises to do so till your death, even if you don't worship Him.
>> Though He will call you into account when you meet Him on the Judgment
>> Day and ask you why did you fail to love Him and to show gratitude for
>> all His blessings.
>>
>> So, we should know that all what Allah creates is a sign of His love
>> and mercy. It's also a sign of His Divine Will, which draws us always
>> to the fact that our God is Most Powerful. He creates, not just because
>> He needs to create. Rather, because He wants to create. He can dispense
>> with all what He created, even angels and prophets. Thereby, we have to
>> know that there's a divine wisdom in all what Allah creates.
>>
>> Our renowned scholars have unanimity on this fact. For instance, in one
>> his statements on the wisdom behind man's creation, Sheikh Yusuf
>> Al-Qaradawi says: "He who ponders over the planet we are living in
>> will find out that every object exists and functions for another. As we
>> see, water is for the land, the land is for the plant, the plant is for
>> animals. Animals are for man. And man for whom? This is the question
>> which answer lies in man's instinct that he is for nothing but Allah,
>> to know Him, to worship Him and to serve Him alone."
>>
>> Even in some of the things we mortals find strange, due to our limited
>> faculty, there lies divine wisdom. Why should a child die young? This
>> also shows how very Kind and Merciful our God is. Muslim scholars have
>> maintained that Muslim children who die young will be in Paradise in
>> the Hereafter; they are unanimous on that. As for the children of
>> unbelievers, Muslim scholars differ on this, but some of them say that
>> those children will be in Paradise, citing as evidence the hadith
>> reported by Imam Bukhari that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon
>> him, saw the children of Muslims and children of polytheists with
>> Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim), peace and blessings be upon him. (Sahih
>> Bukhari 6640).
>>
>> So all in all behind every act of God there is divine wisdom.
>>
>> Mr. Lamaan Ball, editor of Ask About Islam, adds:
>>
>> Let me try to distill some short answers for you to give to your
>> relatives:
>>
>> Why does God want to judge us? So that we have the benefit of being
>> able to achieve good things.
>>
>> Why create people of different religions? So that we can learn and
>> discover the truth from the falsehood and hence achieve a good thing.
>>
>> Why do so many people die not knowing Allah? They do know Allah. But
>> they have not applied its implications well. We are all given an innate
>> knowledge that existence is for a good purpose and that we are morally
>> responsible for our actions. God is our necessary moral judge which we
>> all must know in some way as part of this human innate knowledge. Even
>> babies know Allah in some sense.
>>
>> Allah has provided us with guidance as to how to fulfill His purpose
>> for us. Following that guidance is our worship and service of Allah.
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