Re: The Purpose of Life
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- Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:34:30 -0700
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The Purpose of Life
By Khaled Yaseen
Languages: Espa ol (Spanish) - Français (French) - Deutsch (German)
(Japanese) - (Chinese) [ - ] - Italiano (Italian) - -
Norsk(Norwegian)
Brief Description :
Khalid Yaseen delivered this lecture in Saudi Arabia in 1994, which
resulted in 43 persons accepting Islam on that very night.
Khalid Yaseen embraced Islam in 1965 and is currently the Director of
the Islamic Teaching Institute in the USA. He specializes in a variety
of topics and areas including: Youth, Islamic History, Culture,
community development and Dawah work. He has lectured in a variety of
places and locations both nationally and internationally and has been
the means by which a large number of non-Muslims have reverted to
Islam.
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Extracts from the lecture:
I am honored to have this opportunity and I would like to begin by
saying that all of you have an equal responsibility. That
responsibility is to listen with an open heart and an open mind. In a
world filled with prejudice and cultural conditioning, it is very hard
to be able to find people to take a moment to think about life
objectively and try to arrive at the truth about this world and the
real purpose of our lives.
Unfortunately, when you ask most people the question: "What is the
purpose of life?" (such a fundamental and important question), they
will not tell you what they have concluded through observation or
analytical reasoning. Rather, in most cases, they will simply tell you
what someone else said, or they will tell you what is "commonly
presumed" by others, i.e., What my father said purpose of life is,
what the minister of my church said the purpose of life is, what my
teacher in school said, what my friend said, etc. If I ask anyone
about the purpose of eating or why do we eat, everyone will say [in
one word or another] that it is for nutritional purposes, because
nutrition sustains life. If I ask anyone why they work, they will say
because it's a necessity in order to support themselves and to provide
for the needs of their families. If I ask anyone why they sleep, why
they wash, why they dress, etc., they will answer with appropriate
answers, for these are common necessities for all human beings. We can
follow this line of questioning with a hundred questions and receive
the same or similar answers from anyone in any language from any place
in the world.
Then I ask you the question: Why, when we ask the question, "What is
the goal and purpose of life?" that we get many different answers? It
is because people are confused; they don't really know. They are
stumbling in the dark, and rather than say, "I don't know"; they just
offer any answer they have been programmed to give. Think about it. Is
our purpose in this world simply to eat, sleep, dress, work, acquire
some material things and enjoy ourselves? Is this our purpose? Why are
we born? What is the object of our existence? What is the wisdom
behind the creation of man and this tremendous universe? Think about
those questions.
Here I would like to mention a few verses from the Holy Quran that
address this subject. We seek the protection of Allah from every evil
thing. Allah mentions to us in the Holy Quran, "And to Allah belongs
the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is over all
things competent. Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth
and the alternation of the night and the day are signs for those of
understanding-Who remember Allah while standing or sitting or [lying]
on their sides and give thought to the creation of the heavens and the
earth, [saying], "Our Lord, You did not create this aimlessly; exalted
are You [above such a thing]; then protect us from the punishment of
the Fire." Surah 3: Ayahs 189-191
Now here in these verses, Allah draws our attention to the creation of
the heavens and earth, the alternation of the night and the day, the
creation of the universe. HE calls our attention to their creation and
their precision, and mentions those who contemplate the wonders of
creation and realize that this was not created for any foolish
purpose, [that Allah is exalted above doing such a thing] and they
seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of Hell. Truly, when you
see the design of all that Allah created, you realize it is very
powerful and very precise. Something very powerful and very precise;
something beyond your own calculation and imagination, cannot be
foolish.
My dear respected brothers and sisters, we have to ask ourselves a
further question. When you see a bridge, a building or an automobile,
you automatically consider the person or company that constructed it.
When you see a large ship, an airplane, a rocket, a satellite; you
also think about how incredible it is. [You know by its design who the
maker is.] When you see a super international airport, nuclear plant
or an orbiting space station you have to be thoroughly impressed with
the engineering dynamics that are involved. Yet, these are just things
that are manufactured by human beings. So what about the human body
with its massive and intricate control systems? Think about it.
Think about the brain: how it thinks, functions, analyzes, retrieves
and stores information, as well as distinguishes and categorizes
information in a millionth of a second, all of this constantly.
Think about the brain for a moment. (And don't forget the fact that
you are using your brain to consider itself!) This is the brain that
made the automobile, the rocket ships, the boats, and so on. Think
about the brain and who made that!
Think about the heart. Think about how it pumps continuously for sixty
or seventy years [taking in and discharging blood throughout the body]
maintaining steady precision throughout the life of the person.
Think about the kidneys and the liver and the various functions they
perform. The purifying instruments of the body that perform hundreds
of chemical analyses simultaneously and also controls the level of
toxicity in the content of the body. All of these are done
automatically.
Think about your eyes, the human cameras, that adjust, focus,
interpret, evaluate, discern color automatically, naturally receiving
and adjusting to light and distance.
Think about it-Who created them? Who has mastered their design and
function? Who plans and regulates their function? Human beings do
this? No, of course not. What about this universe?
Think about this. This earth is one planet in our solar system, and
our solar system is one [of possible many] solar systems. Our galaxy,
The Milky Way, is one of the galaxies. There are ONE HUNDRED MILLION
GALAXIES in the universe. They are all in order and they are all
precise. They are not colliding with each other. They are not
conflicting with on another. They are swimming along in an orbit that
has been set for them. Did human beings set that into motion and are
human beings maintaining that precision? No, of course not.
Think about the oceans, the fish, the insects, the birds, the plants,
bacteria, and chemical elements that have not yet been discovered and
cannot be detected even with the most sophisticated instruments. Yet
each of them has a law that they follow. Did all of this
synchronization, balance, harmony, variation, design, maintenance,
operation and infinite numeration happen all by chance? Do these
things function perfectly and perpetually also by chance? No, of
course not. That would be totally illogical and foolish. In the least,
it indicates that however it came to exist-it exists beyond the realm
of human capability. We will all agree to that. The Being, The
Almighty Power, God, The Creator who has the knowledge to design and
proportion created all of this and is responsible for maintaining it.
HE is the only one that deserves praise and gratitude.
If I were to give each one of you one hundred dollars for no reason,
just for being here, you would at least say thank you. What about your
eyes, your kidneys, your brain, your children, and your life: Who gave
you all of that? Is He not worthy of praise and thanks? Is He not
worthy of your worship and recognition?
My brothers and sisters, that in a nutshell, is the goal and purpose
of this life. Allah said to us in the Holy Quran: "And I did not
create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me." [Surah 51: Ayah 56]
this is what the Almighty said.
Our purpose in this life is to recognize The Creator, to be grateful
to Him, to worship Him, to surrender ourselves to Him and to obey the
laws that He has determined for us. It means worship is our purpose in
life. Whatever we do in the course of that worship, [i.e., the eating,
the sleeping, the dressing, the working, the enjoying,] between birth
and death is consequential and subject to His orders. But the main
reason for our creation is worship. I don't think anyone who is
analytical or scientific will have much of an argument with that
purpose. They may have some other reason with themselves-but that is
something they have to deal with between themselves and Almighty God.
Other Lectures of Khalid Yaseen
Historical Jesus, The (DVD)
Islam Vs. Terrorism (DVD)
Muhammad (S) - The Man & His Message (DVD)
Purpose of Life (DVD)
Some Advice To The Muslim Women (DVD)
Useful Articles & Audios:
The Origin of Life - an Islamic Perspective
Why were we Created?
Purpose of life... Where did we come from? Where are we going?
Believe It or Not: You were Born Muslim!
Islam Is your Birthright
Why Allaah Created Mankind 1 / Bilal Philips
Why Allaah Created Mankind 2 / Bilal Philips
Is there a Creator ?
Islamic Concept of God / Bilal Philips
The True Religion of God
Why Muslims Believe that Islam is the truth
Allaah the True God 1 / Bilal Philips
Allaah the True God 2 / Bilal Philips
Talk on how I came to Islam - by Yusuf Estes
Why I Embraced Islam ?
The Word of God Quran or Bible / Bilal Philips
What are the
read more »...
so allah wants us to worship him for regulating our lives...
what a vain sonofabitch..
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