Zakir Naik – Why are We Created

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The concept of creation is discussed, where the woman is the Lord and the woman is the creator. The use of "we" in Arabic means "we" in Arabic, while "we" meaning "we" means "we" in English. The importance of praise for Allah is emphasized, as it is for everyone's benefit, and regular prayer and healthy eating are recommended ways to achieve healthy health.

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			Now
		
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			let's try and answer this
question, the purpose of creation
		
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			from a different angle, from the
angle of the creation, from the
		
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			angle from the perspective of the
human being,
		
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			that why
		
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			have the human beings being
created by Almighty God? And the
		
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			reply to this question is given in
the Quran
		
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			in Israel, chapter number seven,
		
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			verse number 172
		
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			and verse number 173 Allah says
that he got out from the loins of
		
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			Adam's children. May peace be upon
him all the descendants and ask
		
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			them that, am I your Lord? And all
said, We testify that You are our
		
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			Lord. And Allah continues, lest on
the Day of Judgment they will say
		
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			we were unaware that You are our
Lord, unless they may say that our
		
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			ancestors,
		
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			they worship somebody else. They
did shirk. They associated
		
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			partners, and we just followed
them. So they are the liars. We
		
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			should not be blamed. So Allah
subhanahu wa before the human
		
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			beings came in this world, ALLAH
SubhanA wa Taala bought all the
		
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			human beings from the loins of the
children of Adam and asked them,
		
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			Who is the Lord? And all of them
testified that there is one Allah
		
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			subhana wa taala, and He is our
Lord. And now is our test in this
		
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			world,
		
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			Allah says in the Quran. And I
started my talk by quoting the
		
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			verse of the Quran, Surah,
dhariya, chapter number 51 verse
		
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			number 56 Allah says that we have
created the jinn and the men not
		
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			but to worship me. Omaktul, jinn,
naval in sa ilali, Abu, that we
		
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			have created the jinn and the men
not but to worship me. The purpose
		
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			of creation of the human beings
and the jinn is to worship Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa, this word worship.
If you analyze this English word,
		
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			it is derived from the Old
English. We are Skype, which means
		
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			to honor. And if you read the New
Living Webster's encyclopedic
		
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			dictionary, it says that worship
means act of devotion,
		
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			honoring the deity,
		
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			devotional acts honoring the
deity.
		
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			And if you turn into Arabic, the
Arabic word is ibadah,
		
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			Mama ilali Abu, Arabic word for
worship is ibadah. It is derived
		
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			from the root word Abda, which
means a slave and the duty of the
		
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			slave to be obedient to all the
wills and wishes of the master. So
		
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			Ibadah means total submission to
the will of the Creator Allah
		
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			subhana wa taala. Ibadah means
total submission to the will and
		
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			wishes of the Creator Allah
subhana wa taala. And further, if
		
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			we analyze that even one of the
forms of worship, as mentioned in
		
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			the English dictionary, is
glorification, as Allah says in
		
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			the Quran in surah, Anna sir,
		
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			chapter number and 10, verse
number three,
		
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			Allah says,
		
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			is Ajay. Nasru, live, alpha,
varita, naluna, feeding life,
		
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			Fajr, FASAB, be bihamdira, begawa
in no Kanata, WABA, that means,
		
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			glorify the Praises of the Lord.
		
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			Glorify the Praises of the Lord.
So one form of worship is
		
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			glorification of the creator of
ALLAH SubhanA wa taala. And one
		
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			may ask that, why does Allah
subhana wa Taala require the human
		
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			beings to glorify him?
		
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			Is Allah subhana wa Taala
dependent on the praises of the
		
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			human beings.
		
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			See, irrespective
		
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			if all the human beings praise
Allah subhana wa taala, it will
		
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			not make him superior. And if not
a single human being praise him,
		
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			yet it will not diminish him. He
is the same. Whether you say Allah
		
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			work bar, 1000 times, a million
times, it will not make Allah
		
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			greater. Or if you don't say Allah
work bar, also, it will not make
		
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			him less.
		
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			He is the greatest. He'll remain
the greatest. And Allah says in
		
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			the Quran, in Surah Fatih, chapter
35 verse 15, that Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa
		
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			doesn't require the human beings.
It is we who require him. It is
		
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			the human beings who require him,
and he is worthy of all praises.
		
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			The last requires creation. It is
the creations who requires Subhana
		
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			wa taala, and he is worthy of all
praises. So the question is, why
		
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			does he require us to praise Him?
		
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			The reason is, it is for our own
benefit,
		
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			because it is a human tendency
		
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			that if we praise a person,
		
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			if a person is famous, we tend to
follow his advice. For example,
		
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			if your mother is suffering from a
heart problem,
		
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			and there are two options you.
		
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			The one option who you have is the
best doctor in the world, number
		
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			one, very famous. Everyone knows
him. Number one. Other person is
		
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			just a plain and BBs doctor. And
you have the option of going to
		
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			any of them both are giving free
treatment. Who will you go to? But
		
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			naturally, you go to the one who
is very famous, number one in the
		
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			world, the heart specialist, and
whatever advice he gives you,
		
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			because he's world famous, and you
even acknowledge Him to be the
		
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			greatest amongst all the doctors,
you will follow his advice. That
		
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			is the reason, when we praise
Allah, subhana wa Taala and call
		
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			him, he is the greatest, He is the
Most Merciful, He is the most
		
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			kind, the moment we praise him,
Whatever advice he has given us in
		
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			the last and final revelation, the
Glorious Quran, or whatever advice
		
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			he has given us through His
messengers
		
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			and the last and final messenger,
Prophet, Muhammad, sallAllahu,
		
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			sallam, we will follow it. So the
reason we praise Him is not for
		
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			the benefit of Allah, subhana wa
taala. He does not require
		
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			praises. It is for our own
benefit. The moment we praise him,
		
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			Oh, he is the greatest. He is the
most wise. He is telling you not
		
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			to have alcohol. Then you stop
having alcohol. The moment you
		
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			agree that he is the most wise. He
is the greatest. He is the Most
		
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			Merciful. Immediately, whatever
advice he gives you, it is human
		
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			tendency. We follow the advice of
the person who is the greatest. So
		
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			that's the reason we praise him
for our own benefit, and that's
		
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			the reason Allah says in the Quran
		
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			in surah Taha, chapter number 20,
verse number 14, that Verily, I am
		
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			Allah, subhana wa taala, I am
Allah, and there is no God besides
		
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			me.
		
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			So remember me regularly and offer
prayer regularly.
		
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			Allah is guiding. Offer prayer
regularly, because today in the
		
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			world, there are so many evils, so
many distractions, we tend to
		
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			deviate.
		
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			This salah is a sort of
programming towards righteousness.
		
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			This form of worship is a
programming towards righteousness.
		
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			We are getting programmed as a
doctor says that for a healthy
		
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			body, you require minimum three
meals a day. So for a pure soul,
		
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			for a healthy soul, you require
minimum five times salah. You.