Zakir Naik – Why are We Created

Now

let's try and answer this question, the purpose of creation

from a different angle, from the angle of the creation, from the

angle from the perspective of the human being,

that why

have the human beings being created by Almighty God? And the

reply to this question is given in the Quran

in Israel, chapter number seven,

verse number 172

and verse number 173 Allah says that he got out from the loins of

Adam's children. May peace be upon him all the descendants and ask

them that, am I your Lord? And all said, We testify that You are our

Lord. And Allah continues, lest on the Day of Judgment they will say

we were unaware that You are our Lord, unless they may say that our

ancestors,

they worship somebody else. They did shirk. They associated

partners, and we just followed them. So they are the liars. We

should not be blamed. So Allah subhanahu wa before the human

beings came in this world, ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala bought all the

human beings from the loins of the children of Adam and asked them,

Who is the Lord? And all of them testified that there is one Allah

subhana wa taala, and He is our Lord. And now is our test in this

world,

Allah says in the Quran. And I started my talk by quoting the

verse of the Quran, Surah, dhariya, chapter number 51 verse

number 56 Allah says that we have created the jinn and the men not

but to worship me. Omaktul, jinn, naval in sa ilali, Abu, that we

have created the jinn and the men not but to worship me. The purpose

of creation of the human beings and the jinn is to worship Allah

subhanahu wa, this word worship. If you analyze this English word,

it is derived from the Old English. We are Skype, which means

to honor. And if you read the New Living Webster's encyclopedic

dictionary, it says that worship means act of devotion,

honoring the deity,

devotional acts honoring the deity.

And if you turn into Arabic, the Arabic word is ibadah,

Mama ilali Abu, Arabic word for worship is ibadah. It is derived

from the root word Abda, which means a slave and the duty of the

slave to be obedient to all the wills and wishes of the master. So

Ibadah means total submission to the will of the Creator Allah

subhana wa taala. Ibadah means total submission to the will and

wishes of the Creator Allah subhana wa taala. And further, if

we analyze that even one of the forms of worship, as mentioned in

the English dictionary, is glorification, as Allah says in

the Quran in surah, Anna sir,

chapter number and 10, verse number three,

Allah says,

is Ajay. Nasru, live, alpha, varita, naluna, feeding life,

Fajr, FASAB, be bihamdira, begawa in no Kanata, WABA, that means,

glorify the Praises of the Lord.

Glorify the Praises of the Lord. So one form of worship is

glorification of the creator of ALLAH SubhanA wa taala. And one

may ask that, why does Allah subhana wa Taala require the human

beings to glorify him?

Is Allah subhana wa Taala dependent on the praises of the

human beings.

See, irrespective

if all the human beings praise Allah subhana wa taala, it will

not make him superior. And if not a single human being praise him,

yet it will not diminish him. He is the same. Whether you say Allah

work bar, 1000 times, a million times, it will not make Allah

greater. Or if you don't say Allah work bar, also, it will not make

him less.

He is the greatest. He'll remain the greatest. And Allah says in

the Quran, in Surah Fatih, chapter 35 verse 15, that Allah subhanahu

wa

doesn't require the human beings. It is we who require him. It is

the human beings who require him, and he is worthy of all praises.

The last requires creation. It is the creations who requires Subhana

wa taala, and he is worthy of all praises. So the question is, why

does he require us to praise Him?

The reason is, it is for our own benefit,

because it is a human tendency

that if we praise a person,

if a person is famous, we tend to follow his advice. For example,

if your mother is suffering from a heart problem,

and there are two options you.

The one option who you have is the best doctor in the world, number

one, very famous. Everyone knows him. Number one. Other person is

just a plain and BBs doctor. And you have the option of going to

any of them both are giving free treatment. Who will you go to? But

naturally, you go to the one who is very famous, number one in the

world, the heart specialist, and whatever advice he gives you,

because he's world famous, and you even acknowledge Him to be the

greatest amongst all the doctors, you will follow his advice. That

is the reason, when we praise Allah, subhana wa Taala and call

him, he is the greatest, He is the Most Merciful, He is the most

kind, the moment we praise him, Whatever advice he has given us in

the last and final revelation, the Glorious Quran, or whatever advice

he has given us through His messengers

and the last and final messenger, Prophet, Muhammad, sallAllahu,

sallam, we will follow it. So the reason we praise Him is not for

the benefit of Allah, subhana wa taala. He does not require

praises. It is for our own benefit. The moment we praise him,

Oh, he is the greatest. He is the most wise. He is telling you not

to have alcohol. Then you stop having alcohol. The moment you

agree that he is the most wise. He is the greatest. He is the Most

Merciful. Immediately, whatever advice he gives you, it is human

tendency. We follow the advice of the person who is the greatest. So

that's the reason we praise him for our own benefit, and that's

the reason Allah says in the Quran

in surah Taha, chapter number 20, verse number 14, that Verily, I am

Allah, subhana wa taala, I am Allah, and there is no God besides

me.

So remember me regularly and offer prayer regularly.

Allah is guiding. Offer prayer regularly, because today in the

world, there are so many evils, so many distractions, we tend to

deviate.

This salah is a sort of programming towards righteousness.

This form of worship is a programming towards righteousness.

We are getting programmed as a doctor says that for a healthy

body, you require minimum three meals a day. So for a pure soul,

for a healthy soul, you require minimum five times salah. You.