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Which one is better -- living for fun or living with a purpose?
Asked by Iqbal Seth,
31 Oct '11 05:02 pm
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So what does the Creator, Allah, tell us about our purpose in life? Allah states in the Quran that He created man to be His Khalefah, His trustee on earth (Quran 2:30). Mankinds basic trust, our responsibility, is to believe in and worship Allah:
And I did not create the Jinn and mankind except to worship Me (Quran, 51:56-58)
Very simple! The purpose for mans creation is to worship the Creator. The essence of Allahs message through all of the prophets also was: O mankind, worship Allah, you have no deity other than Him. (Quran, 7:59,65,73,85; Also 11:50,61,84; and 23:23,32). Allah further states that He made this life in order to test man so that every person may be recompensed after death for what he has earned:
[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving. (Quran, 67:2)
But in order to worship Him, we have to know Him well otherwise we may form a distorted concept of Him and then go ...more
Answered by jameel ahmed, 31 Oct '11 07:04 pm
And I did not create the Jinn and mankind except to worship Me (Quran, 51:56-58)
Very simple! The purpose for mans creation is to worship the Creator. The essence of Allahs message through all of the prophets also was: O mankind, worship Allah, you have no deity other than Him. (Quran, 7:59,65,73,85; Also 11:50,61,84; and 23:23,32). Allah further states that He made this life in order to test man so that every person may be recompensed after death for what he has earned:
[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving. (Quran, 67:2)
But in order to worship Him, we have to know Him well otherwise we may form a distorted concept of Him and then go ...more
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Probably Purpose Gives us direction ,Fun gives fuel to move in the direction.so .........!
Answered by vilas manohar deshpande, 31 Jan '12 08:58 pm
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