Monday, 26 August 2013

Re: [Pak Youth] The Purpose of Life

Jazak Allah.... really refreshing notes..May Allah give us strenght to
follow His path both from letter and sprit..Ameen ya Rabual Alameen

On 8/27/13, Nadeem Ul Hassan <nuh2cu@gmail.com> wrote:
> It is very hard to be able to find people to take a moment to think about
> life objectively and try to arrive at the truth about this world and the
> real purpose of our lives. Unfortunately, when you ask most people the
> question:
> "What is the purpose of life?"
>
> But Why do we get many different answers? It is because people are confused;
> they don't really know. They are stumbling in the dark, and rather than say,
> "I don't know"; they just offer any answer they have been programmed to
> give. Think about it. Is our purpose in this world simply to eat, sleep,
> dress, work, acquire some material things and enjoy ourselves? Is this our
> purpose? Why are we born? What is the object of our existence? What is the
> wisdom behind the creation of man and this tremendous universe? Think about
> those questions.
>
> Here I would like to mention a few verses from the Holy Quran that address
> this subject. We seek the protection of Allah from every evil thing. Allah
> mentions to us in the Holy Quran;
>
> "And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and Allah
> is over all things competent. Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the
> earth and the alternation of the night and the day are signs for those of
> understanding-Who remember Allah while standing or sitting or [lying] on
> their sides and give thought to the creation of the heavens and the earth,
> [saying], "Our Lord, You did not create this aimlessly; exalted are You
> [above such a thing]; then protect us from the punishment of the Fire."
> Surah 3: Ayahs 189-191
>
> Now here in these verses, Allah draws our attention to the creation of the
> heavens and earth, the alternation of the night and the day, the creation of
> the universe. HE calls our attention to their creation and their precision,
> and mentions those who contemplate the wonders of creation and realize that
> this was not created for any foolish purpose, [that Allah is exalted above
> doing such a thing] and they seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of
> Hell. Truly, when you see the design of all that Allah created, you realize
> it is very powerful and very precise. Something very powerful and very
> precise; something beyond your own calculation and imagination, cannot be
> foolish.
>
> My dear respected brothers and sisters, we have to ask ourselves a further
> question. When you see a bridge, a building or an automobile, you
> automatically consider the person or company that constructed it. When you
> see a large ship, an airplane, a rocket, a satellite; you also think about
> how incredible it is. [You know by its design who the maker is.] When you
> see a super international airport, nuclear plant or an orbiting space
> station you have to be thoroughly impressed with the engineering dynamics
> that are involved. Yet, these are just things that are manufactured by human
> beings.
>
> So what about the human body with its massive and intricate control systems?
> Think about it.
>
> Think about the brain: how it thinks, functions, analyzes, retrieves and
> stores information, as well as distinguishes and categorizes information in
> a millionth of a second, all of this constantly.
> Think about the brain for a moment. (And don't forget the fact that you are
> using your brain to consider itself!) This is the brain that made the
> automobile, the rocket ships, the boats, and so on. Think about the brain
> and who made that!
>
> Think about the heart. Think about how it pumps continuously for sixty or
> seventy years [taking in and discharging blood throughout the body]
> maintaining steady precision throughout the life of the person.
>
> Think about the kidneys and the liver and the various functions they
> perform. The purifying instruments of the body that perform hundreds of
> chemical analyses simultaneously and also controls the level of toxicity in
> the content of the body. All of these are done automatically.
>
> Think about your eyes, the human cameras, that adjust, focus, interpret,
> evaluate, discern color automatically, naturally receiving and adjusting to
> light and distance.
> Think about it-Who created them? Who has mastered their design and function?
> Who plans and regulates their function? Human beings do this? No, of course
> not.
>
> What about this universe?
> Think about this. This earth is one planet in our solar system, and our
> solar system is one [of possible many] solar systems. Our galaxy, The Milky
> Way, is one of the galaxies. There are ONE HUNDRED MILLION GALAXIES in the
> universe. They are all in order and they are all precise. They are not
> colliding with each other. They are not conflicting with on another. They
> are swimming along in an orbit that has been set for them. Did human beings
> set that into motion and are human beings maintaining that precision? No, of
> course not.
>
> Think about the oceans, the fish, the insects, the birds, the plants,
> bacteria, and chemical elements that have not yet been discovered and cannot
> be detected even with the most sophisticated instruments. Yet each of them
> has a law that they follow. Did all of this synchronization, balance,
> harmony, variation, design, maintenance, operation and infinite numeration
> happen all by chance? Do these things function perfectly and perpetually
> also by chance? No, of course not. That would be totally illogical and
> foolish.
>
> In the least, it indicates that however it came to exist-it exists beyond
> the realm of human capability. We will all agree to that. The Being, The
> Almighty Power, God, The Creator who has the knowledge to design and
> proportion created all of this and is responsible for maintaining it. HE is
> the only one that deserves praise and gratitude.
>
> If I were to give each one of you one hundred dollars for no reason, just
> for being here, you would at least say thank you. What about your eyes, your
> kidneys, your brain, your children, and your life: Who gave you all of that?
> Is He not worthy of praise and thanks? Is He not worthy of your worship and
> recognition?
>
> My brothers and sisters, that in a nutshell, is the goal and purpose of this
> life. Allah said to us in the Holy Quran:
> "And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me."
> [Surah 51: Ayah 56]
>
> This is what the Almighty said. Our purpose in this life is to recognize The
> Creator, to be grateful to Him, to worship Him, to surrender ourselves to
> Him and to obey the laws that He has determined for us.
>
> It means worships our purpose in life. Whatever we do in the course of that
> worship, [i.e., the eating, the sleeping, the dressing, the working, the
> enjoying,] between birth and death is consequential and subject to His
> orders. But the main reason for our creation is worship. I don't think
> anyone who is analytical or scientific will have much of an argument with
> that purpose. They may have some other reason with themselves-but that is
> something they have to deal with between themselves and Almighty Allah.
>
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> Nadeem Ul Hassan
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