Just some thoughts on the following Iyah:
Quran 51:56 "I have only created Jinns and men, that they may serve Me."
The verse is asserting that the sole purpose of humans and Jinns is to worship Allah. This raises several questions. And it also appears to be contradictory.
1. Why did Allah want humans and Jinn only to worship it?
2. Why does Allah demand worship when it doesn't need us at all?
3. Since Allah has the perfect plan for all of our lives then surely that means that our purpose is more than just to worship Allah?
4. According to Quran 51:56, Allah created us to be robots yet we are not. Why?
If our only purpose was to worship Allah then that should mean Allah should not have a plan for us. A plan implies that Allah does not want us only to worship it. It means that Allah is guiding the universe, suggesting we have purposes for existing other than to worship Allah. I believe this contradicts Quran 51:56 because it mean humans are doing thing other than worshiping Allah, which is not what humans were apparently created for. If the only purpose of a human is to worship Allah, then why does human design allow us to do so much more than that?
We are not designed in such a way that the only thing which we can do well is worship Allah. If our only purpose was to worship Allah then Allah must have designed us really poorly because humans have to use so much of their day getting food to just to stay alive in order to keep worshiping Allah, as does everything else in our universe. Early humans foraged for food, which was extremely time consuming, and modern humans have to work to earn money to pay for food. People often work long and days, and that means that they are to serving Allah.
I knew the Quran was confusing already, but the mental gymnastics to defend Quran 51:56 must be insane. And if we are suffering hardship then that will surely distract us from worshiping Allah, as does everything else in our universe*. Allah should put a stop to all of the evils because fear and confusion mean that we will be more concerned with our immediate surroundings than focusing on Allah. Quran 2:155 says:
"Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods or lives or the fruits (of your toil), but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere,"
*Maybe Allah should have given us a really boring existence in which the only interesting thing to do is to worship it? Like limit humans to a really boring room with zero distractions and where you can't get hungry or get hurt. Clearly Allah is trying to send us to the hellfire by giving us all of these distractions.
Why would Allah district us with a "test" if our purpose is only to worship it? When Allah makes us hungry it causes us to go in search of food, and all the time we are trying to obtain food we are to able to worship Allah. So our purpose must not be exclusively to worship Allah because we must also endure that hardships Allah gives us. That's my thoughts on the Iyah.
Quran 51:56 "I have only created Jinns and men, that they may serve Me."
The verse is asserting that the sole purpose of humans and Jinns is to worship Allah. This raises several questions. And it also appears to be contradictory.
1. Why did Allah want humans and Jinn only to worship it?
2. Why does Allah demand worship when it doesn't need us at all?
3. Since Allah has the perfect plan for all of our lives then surely that means that our purpose is more than just to worship Allah?
4. According to Quran 51:56, Allah created us to be robots yet we are not. Why?
If our only purpose was to worship Allah then that should mean Allah should not have a plan for us. A plan implies that Allah does not want us only to worship it. It means that Allah is guiding the universe, suggesting we have purposes for existing other than to worship Allah. I believe this contradicts Quran 51:56 because it mean humans are doing thing other than worshiping Allah, which is not what humans were apparently created for. If the only purpose of a human is to worship Allah, then why does human design allow us to do so much more than that?
We are not designed in such a way that the only thing which we can do well is worship Allah. If our only purpose was to worship Allah then Allah must have designed us really poorly because humans have to use so much of their day getting food to just to stay alive in order to keep worshiping Allah, as does everything else in our universe. Early humans foraged for food, which was extremely time consuming, and modern humans have to work to earn money to pay for food. People often work long and days, and that means that they are to serving Allah.
I knew the Quran was confusing already, but the mental gymnastics to defend Quran 51:56 must be insane. And if we are suffering hardship then that will surely distract us from worshiping Allah, as does everything else in our universe*. Allah should put a stop to all of the evils because fear and confusion mean that we will be more concerned with our immediate surroundings than focusing on Allah. Quran 2:155 says:
"Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods or lives or the fruits (of your toil), but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere,"
*Maybe Allah should have given us a really boring existence in which the only interesting thing to do is to worship it? Like limit humans to a really boring room with zero distractions and where you can't get hungry or get hurt. Clearly Allah is trying to send us to the hellfire by giving us all of these distractions.
Why would Allah district us with a "test" if our purpose is only to worship it? When Allah makes us hungry it causes us to go in search of food, and all the time we are trying to obtain food we are to able to worship Allah. So our purpose must not be exclusively to worship Allah because we must also endure that hardships Allah gives us. That's my thoughts on the Iyah.
