Why did Allah create us?
The answer to this key question is of great significance. But it is necessary to get this answer from the divine revelation, for Allah is the One Who created us, and He is the One Who tells us about the purpose of our creation. In the Qur’an, He says:{I have not created the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.}[Surat adh-Dhāriyāt: 56]Servitude to Allah is the common attribute among the countless creatures, from the noblest ones, i.e., the angels, to the strangest creatures. All these nations are naturally disposed to worship and glorify Allah, the Lord of the worlds:{The seven heavens and the earth, and all those in them glorify Him. There is not a single thing that does not glorify Him with His praise, but you do not understand their glorification. Indeed, He is Most Forbearing, All-Forgiving.}[Surat al-Isrā’: 44]Angels are made to naturally proclaim Allah’s glory just as humans are made to breathe. However, man’s servitude to his Creator is voluntary, not compulsory (voluntary by way of testing):{It is He Who created you, yet some of you are disbelievers and some of you are believers. And Allah is All-Seeing of what you do.}[Surat at-Taghābun: 2]{Do you not see that to Allah prostrate all those who are in the heavens and all those on earth: the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the moving creatures, and many humans? But there are many on whom the punishment has become due. Whoever Allah disgraces, none can honor him.}[Surat al-Hajj: 18]Allah has created us to worship Him and to test our success in the fulfillment of this worship. So, whoever worships Allah, loves and submits to Him, and obeys His commands and shuns His prohibitions, he wins His approval, mercy, and love and receives the best reward from Him. Conversely, whoever rejects the worship of Allah, who has created and provided for him, and arrogantly refuses to observe His commands and avoid His prohibitions, he incurs Allah’s wrath and faces His painful punishment. Indeed, Allah Almighty did not create us in vain or leave us without a purpose. The most ignorant and foolish are those who come to this world and are endowed with hearing, vision, and mind, and they live for a period of time and then die without knowing why they were brought to this world and where they will go thereafter. Allah Almighty says:{Did you think that We created you with no purpose, and that you would not be brought back to Us?}[Surat al-Mu’minūn: 115]
Not equal in His sight are those of us who believe in Him, rely upon Him, refer to Him for judgment, love and submit to Him, and seek closeness to Him through acts of worship and whatever pleases Him and those who disbelieve in Him while He has created and fashioned them, deny His signs and religion, and refuse to submit to His command.
The first type gains honor, reward, love, and pleasure, whereas the other incurs wrath, displeasure, and punishment.
Allah will resurrect people after they die and reward the good doers with bliss and honor in Paradise and punish the evil doers, who arrogantly refused to worship Him, with torment in Hellfire.
You can freely imagine how great this honor and reward will be considering that it will come from Allah, the Self-Sufficient and the Most Generous, whose generosity and mercy are boundless and Whose treasures are inexhaustible. The reward will be the utmost bliss that never ends or goes away (we will talk about this later).You can likewise imagine how severe and painful the punishment for the disbelievers will be, as it will be inflicted by Allah, the Compeller, the Magnificent, and the Supreme, whose might and pride are boundless.
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