The Real Purpose of Human Life and the True Meaning of Worshipping and Obeying Allah Almighty
By
Ghulam Ghaus Siddiqi, New Age Islam
20
September 2022
The
Reason Why Humans and the Jinn Were Created, As Well As What It Means To
Worship Allah
Main
Points
1.
Human
life is temporary. Nobody can deny that death is a certainty.
2.
Obeying
and worshipping Allah is the fundamental purpose of our brief human life.
3.
Worshipping
Allah also means obeying Him. Obeying Allah also entails obeying His Messenger.
4.
A
believer is required by faith to worship Allah, carry out all duties and
obligations.
5.
They
are also required to uphold the rights of all citizens living in a country.
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Human
life is temporary. Nobody can deny that death is a certainty. What should the
real objective of a Muslim's life be? The Holy Quran elaborates on this subject
as clear evidence. Allah Almighty says:
“And
I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.” (51:56)
Let
us think about what this verse means. This divine revelation of Allah the Most
Merciful means, "I (Allah) created the jinn and humankind only that they
may worship Me." According to specialists in Arabic grammar, the
restriction particle "illa" and the negative particle "Maa"
in a sentence emphasise or limit the meaning of the sentence. The particles
"Maa" and "illa" have been employed in the
aforementioned verse to emphasise the description of the real reason for the
creation of humans and jinn. This verse clarifies that the main reason for the
creation of both humans and jinn is so that they may worship Allah.
It
has become clear that obeying and worshipping Allah is the fundamental purpose
of our brief human life. For all humans, this is obligatory. If a command is
from the Lord, it must be followed. But it's crucial to comprehend what the act
of worshipping Allah entails. Is worship merely the act of praying, fasting,
offering Hajj, and giving Zakat and other acts of charity, or does it
encompass more? Briefly answering, the concept of worship encompasses all
circumstances and issues relating to Allah's and human rights.
Worshipping
one God is the definition of worship, in general. Only before Him should one
bow down. Only He alone should be regarded as being God. Everything Allah
Almighty commanded must be obeyed, and everything He forbade must be avoided.
The
scope of worship will expand as it is further elucidated, and it will become
obvious that worshipping Allah also means obeying Him. Obeying Allah also
entails obeying His Messenger (peace be upon him). Allah Almighty says,
“Whoever
obeys the messenger, then he indeed obeys Allah...” (4:80)
This
verse makes it clear that obedience to Allah and His beloved Messenger (peace be
upon him) is actually worship and servitude to Allah. His Messenger should be
obeyed because this is the command of God Almighty.
What
are the things that Allah and His Messenger have commanded us to do? This
question arises when it is evident that worship has a comprehensive definition
and that one of its meanings is to obey Allah and His Messenger. Similar to
this, obeying Allah means keeping His commands, which forbid doing certain
actions. The subject of what should be avoided according to the commandments of
Allah and His Messenger will then come to our minds. How can we worship Allah
and abide by His directives and forbiddances? What requirements must be
fulfilled before one can worship and obey Allah?
These
are things that we can learn from the Quran and the Sunnah, and the only
persons who are blessed with a thorough comprehension of them are sincere,
pious, and virtuous believers. Fortunately, they also hold that respecting
human life is an essential component of obeying Allah and His Messenger. Being
an obedient slave of Allah is a privilege both in this life and the hereafter,
and this rank can only be attained with His blessings. The person who acquires
this certainty has a sensation of a calm and pleased heart. In both this world
and the next, he is the only one who actually succeeds.
We
must determine whether we worship Allah in the right manner. We worship Him,
but how and to what extent? We have faith in Allah, but what is expected of a
believer by that faith? A believer is required by faith to worship Allah, carry
out all duties and obligations, pray, fast, perform the Hajj, pay the zakat,
and perform other charitable deeds. They are also required to uphold the rights
of all citizens living in a country, including parents, children, wives, and
husbands, neighbours, regular people, animals, and birds, as well as the rights
of the legal system that protects those rights and the rights of public
officials who work with sincerity.
Worshipping
Allah Almighty plants the idea of sincerity in our minds, teaching us to
conduct everything in this world with sincerity and for Allah's pleasure. Islam
places a high value on sincerity in all of its teachings. For instance, if we
want to be kind to someone, we should be sincere about it. It shouldn't be the
case that we help them in order to show off or out of hypocrisy. Anyone should
only behave with the intention of gaining Allah's pleasure. Good deeds should
never be performed in anticipation of showing favours. There must never be
hypocrisy in order to obtain the reward for conduct for which a divine promise
has been made in the Quran.
In
conclusion, the objective of human life is to worship and submit to Allah.
Through this, we learn to care for the well-being of all people, to really
exercise all of their rights, and to only seek Allah's pleasure. May it be
accomplished and God accepts your and our prayer to carry out this process. Aameen!
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A
regular Columnist with NewAgeIslam.com, Ghulam Ghaus Siddiqi Dehlvi is a
Classical Islamic scholar with a Sufi background and English-Arabic-Urdu
Translator.
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