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The Purpose of the Human Being |
There is only one purpose, one mission for
the human being: to be a righteous worshipper of God alone. This is clarified
in verse 51:56 of the Quran where God says “I did not create
the Jinns and the Humans except to worship Me alone”. [90:4] We created the Human being to work hard to redeem himself. [45:22] GOD created the heavens and the earth for a specific purpose, in order to pay each soul for whatever it earned, without the least injustice. The reason we need to work hard is that redeeming ourselves and entering
God’s Kingdom is conditional upon passing God’s admission
tests. |
[2:214] Do you expect to enter Paradise without being tested like those before you? They were tested with hardship and adversity, and were shaken up, until the Messenger and those who believed with him said, ‘where is GOD’s victory?’ GOD’s victory is near. [2:155] We will surely test you through some fear, hunger, and loss of money, lives, and crops. Give good news to the steadfast. [9:111] GOD has bought from the believers their lives and
their money in exchange for Paradise. Thus, they fight in the cause of
GOD, willing to kill and get killed. Such is His truthful pledge in the
Torah, the Gospel, and the Quran—and who fulfills His pledge better
than GOD? You shall |
rejoice in making such an exchange. This is the greatest triumph. We need to work hard to overcome our human fickleness. [39:49] If the human is touched by adversity he implores us, but as soon as we bestow a blessing upon him, he says, ’I attained this because of my cleverness!’ Indeed, this is only a test, but most of them do not know. So, we need to work hard to pass the admission tests. These are tests from God designed to demonstrate that we solidly believe that God alone has the power to benefit or harm. We need to demonstrate that we worship God alone, under all circumstances. Cont’d on page 2 |
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