{"id":6061,"date":"2020-03-18T15:50:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T20:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/?p=6061"},"modified":"2020-03-25T13:11:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T18:11:55","slug":"first-lesson-the-purpose-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/first-lesson-the-purpose-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"First Level [ lesson 1] &#8220;The purpose of Life&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><del><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/del>&#x1f536;<span style=\"color: #800000;\">The purpose of life?<\/span>&#x1f30e;<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote><p><em>Where did I come from? Why am I here? Where am I going? One of the first questions that comes to mind when considering our purpose of life is, &#8220;where did we come from?&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#x1f449;Many philosophers and lay people alike find it awfully puzzling to answer the most important question in our life: <em><strong>Why are we here? What is the real purpose of human existence? &#x1f914;<\/strong><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6064 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200318_224650_301-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200318_224650_301-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200318_224650_301.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#x1f449;The Qur\u2019an has clearly and accurately stated the purpose of human existence thus: <em><strong>\u201cI have only created the jinn and man to worship Me.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<em><strong> \u00a0 \u00a0(Surah Adh-Dhariyat, 51:56)<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#x27a1;&#xfe0f;So as we are created only to <em><strong>worship Allah<\/strong><\/em>, there must be a divine religion to be followed in order to know how this \u201cworship\u201d should be.<br \/>\nAnd as islam is the final message from Allah to All people and Muhammad is the seal of messengers, we are now subjected to islamic rules.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4gseWLRTXIo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#x1f536;\u2066First let\u2019s say what\u2019s meant by <em><strong>islam<\/strong><\/em>?<\/span> &#x1f381;<\/h2>\n<p>\u2018Islam\u2019 means \u2018submission\u2019, and worship, in Islam, means \u2018obedient submission to the will of God.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Every created being \u2018submits\u2019 to the Creator by following the physical laws created by God<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f338;&#8221;<em><strong>To Him belongs whosoever is in the heavens and the earth; all obey His will.&#8221; (Quran 30:26)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">So Islam means to achieve peace&#x1f331; \u2013 peace with God, peace within oneself, and peace with the creations of God \u2013 through wholly submitting oneself to God and accepting His guidance.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gPBby-Wfn_4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 How to reach that pleasure and\u00a0 happiness?&#x1f914;&#x1f914;<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#x2618; It is a comprehensive term which includes, in addition to such acts of worship as prayer, fasting and the obligatory charity (zakat) , all human acts as long as they are done for the sake of Allah.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6092 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200324_223848_011-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200324_223848_011-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200324_223848_011.jpg 596w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#x2728;<em><strong>as the prophet \ufdfa once observed, \u201cYou will be rewarded even when you engage in sexual intercourse with your wives.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>God, the One and only Creator &#8211; &#8216;Allah&#8217; in Arabic &#8211; has made Islam accessible to everyone&#x1f44c;&#x1f3fc;&#x1f44c;&#x1f3fc;regardless of their history, background or present situation. Therefore, anyone can become a Muslim by simply believing in, and uttering the following testimony of faith&#x1f607;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I testify that there is no god worthy of worship except Allah, and I testify that Muhammad is Allah&#8217;s Messenger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Isn&#8217;t it time for you to fulfil your purpose of life, submit to the truth and acknowledge your Creator?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#x1f536;The purpose of life?&#x1f30e; Where did I come from? Why am I here? Where am I going? 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