Ibadah … The Only Purpose of Our Creation
All endeavors of life are set by a final objective or destination. Humans have been always questioning the purpose of their existence. Allah swt has answered this question once & for all. Just as the purpose of the machine is defined by the designer so is the purpose of man defined by his designer. Allah swt has said: “And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.” So our main goal is to worship Allah in the manner he deserves to be worshipped according to the guidance of the Quran & Prophet Muhammad’s guidance. And by doing this, we will have a fulfilled life by gaining tranquility and peace in our hearts, minds & daily affairs. Ibadah is indeed what we are created for. The question is, whose ibadah are we doing every day? Have we taken other masters beside Allah swt? Or worse, made ourselves the masters of our affairs?
Sayyidna Ali Ibn Talib once said:
How strange and foolish is man. He loses his health in gaining wealth. Then, to regain his health he wastes his wealth. He ruins his present while worrying about his future, but weeps in the future by recalling his past. He lives as though death shall never come to him, but dies in a way as if he were never born.”
We ask Allah swt to make us among those who will strive to always worship Him to earn His pleasure in this Dunia & Alakhirah… Ameen
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