(January 31, 2014 at 6:36 am)Rayaan Wrote: I believe that everything in the universe has a single intrinsic purpose behind them, which is: to praise and glorify the Creator, and especially to remember Him. In Islam, simply the act of remembering God is considered to be an act of worship, and one of the most virtuous/rewarding types of worship.
This single purpose to our existence has already been programmed inside each and every human being, but, unfortunately, it's just that many people are not able to bring it to their full awareness. To these people, the Quran rhetorically asks the question:
"Then did you think that We created you in vain (with no purpose) and that you would not be returned to Us?" [23:115]
Not only humans, but everything in the heavens and the earth are engaged in the act of glorying the Creator since the moment they came into existence. The sun, moon, trees, rivers, oceans, birds, insects, animals, the mountains, the stars, galaxies, your cells, DNA, etc. are all already fulfilling this ultimate purpose, which is to praise God and to remember Him, but we are just not able to understand how they are doing this (as the Quran says):
"Do you not see that everything in the heavens and earth prostrates to Allah: the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, and the animals? So do many human beings, though for many others punishment is justified. And he whom Allah humiliates - for him there is no bestower of honor. Indeed, Allah does whatever He wills." [22:18]
"The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein, glorify Him and there is not a thing but glorifies His Praise. But you understand not their glorification. Truly, He is Ever Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving." [17:44]
One might ask: "Why does Allah need any of this worship at all? Doesn't the Quran say that Allah is self-sufficient?"
Yes, and the Quran says: "O mankind, it is you who stand in need of Allah, but Allah is the One Free of all wants, worthy of all praise" (35:15), which means that Allah doesn't actually "need" nor "want" any of our worship, except that it is we who are in need of Him and that he is simply worthy of worship just by being who He is.
Your god does NOT deserve you Rayaan.
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
