Why were we Created

موضوع: Why were we Created الأحد يناير 16, 2011 3:01 pm

"Why was I created? Why am I here? What am I doing in this world? Why did God create me

These questions are
questions which each and everyone of us reflects on at some point during
their life. We have some answers, which are given generally but usually
these answers don't satisfy us - seeming somewhat simplistic. So, we
still wonder: "Why me? Why here?". I know all of you (Muslims), are
saying, "To worship Allah, (finish). What more is there to say? Why do
we need to have a big long talk on why we were created when we all know
it is to worship Allah

But wait. If this
is presented to a non-Muslim, the next logical question would be, "Why
does Allah want us to worship Him?" Then your stuck, which can only mean
that in our own minds it is not really clear. Why did Allah create us to worship Him?
Addressing the question, "Why did
Allah create us?", we have to understand how to deal with those people
we live with (in the West). Those who don't consider there to be any
purpose in man's creation, firmly believing that they are just a product
of evolution and that the forces of nature. Just as we don't have apes,
dogs or cows thinking about why they are here, then we also don't have
to think about it either. Following from this belief being the basis of
the philosophy of Western society (that man is without purpose), the
whole issue of government, morality, etc. has no basis for them in
Revelation. The product of this attitude is, of course, the corruption
that we are living in.
When a Muslim addresses this topic,
we have to find our understanding from Divine Revelation and not human
speculation. Because human speculation has no bounds; we can imagine all
kinds of things and if any of you has studied philosophy of religion,
you will know how many opinions there are about the creation of man and
existence. Because of the variety of philosophies which are out there,
no one can say this one is correct or that one is incorrect, because
there is no guidance behind it. No Divine Revelation. It is only from
Divine Revelation that we can determine the reality of our creation,
because it is Allah who has created us and so He knows the purpose of
our creation. We can hardly understand it ourselves, much less trying to
understand the essence of things. So it is for Allah to inform us
through the revelation in the Qur'an and the Sunnah (the Prophetic traditions) which were brought to us by His Last Messenger and the Messengers before him.
Now if we are to look initially
into revelation, to determine why was man created, there is a deeper
question that we should be asking before that: "Why did God create?". This before we even get to man because man is not the greatest act of creation. Allah says:

موضوع: رد: Why were we Created الأحد يناير 16, 2011 4:37 pm

thank you for your exposition
that is very important
for all muslims.