II. The Purpose of Creation

II. The Purpose of Creation

Have you ever wondered about the reason for our 

existence? Have you ever wondered why we die, and 

where we go after death? What will happen to us in the 

end? Have you ever asked yourself why Allah made the 

earth and all that is in it under the human being‘s

dominion? Why were the night and the day, and the sun 

and the moon created? What are we supposed to do during 

our lifetime? Were we created just to eat, drink, and enjoy 

ourselves before we die? A poet summarizes this timeless 

question: 

I do not know whence I have come.

I saw my feet walking on the road.

As they please I go and stop.

What am I doing here?

How did the road find me?

I do not know! I do not know! I do not know!

Allah has emphasized in many verses of the Qur‘an

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that He did not create people without purpose. He says: 

What! Do you think that I created you simply in 

jest? And that you would not be returned to Me?

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(Qur‘an 23: 115) 

He also says: 

What! Does man think that he will be left to 

roam at his will? (Qur‘an 75: 36) 

In addition, He says: 

Do people think that they will be left to say: We 

believe, and they will not be held accountable?

(Qur‘an 29: 2) 

It is clear from these verses that human beings were not 

created without a purpose, and this purpose is mentioned 

clearly in another verse which says:

I have not created the Jinn and humankind

except to worship Me. (Qur‘an 51: 56)

Hence, the main purpose of creation is TO 

WORSHIP THE CREATOR ALONE. This is called 

Monotheism.

Islam sets a vision for humans which is strikingly 

simple yet completely logical. Indeed, why would the

Creator of the universe leave the one main message He 

wanted humankind to understand, the one key to 

redemption, a total mystery? How, then, would He expect 

humankind to arrive at the truth? It is clear that humankind

must revert to its basic instinct regarding the Creator of the 

Universe, shedding the layers of indoctrinated ideologies

and man-made teachings he has been covered with. He 

must reclaim his birthright: He must reclaim Islam.