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Being Sincerely Religious

Without Deceiving Yourself

n the previous chapter we began by looking at what is around

us, at all the living and non-living things on the face of the Earth
I and in the universe and as a result of these reflections we arrived
at the truth that the purpose of a person's creation is to serve Allah. Let
us begin this chapter by pointing out a very important matter.
How old are you now? Let's say you are 30 years old and that we
go back in time 30 years and 10 months. You did not yet exist on the
face of the Earth and neither was there any sign that you ever would.
Later, a sperm came together with an ovary and after a 9-month period
of growth you arrived in the world as a baby. That is, you came into ex-
istence from nothing. First you were a single cell. Then the cell divided
and became two, four, eight, sixteen, thirty-two… Finally, you came to
be a living being made up of millions of cells with hands, limbs, eyes,
ears, a nose, blood circulation, a respiratory system, and others.
Although you were once a single cell, you turned into a thinking, in-
telligent, seeing and feeling being with information, knowledge and
the capacity for pleasure. When you think about it, you can easily un-