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of the universe, to revere its Owner, to submit to Him and serve Him. Allah
communicates this fact as: "I only created jinn and man to worship Me."
(Surat adh-Dhariyat, 56). All the signs in the universe serve the purpose of
reminding man of his duty to serve Allah:
"That is Allah, your Lord. There is no god but Him, the Creator of
everything. So worship Him. He is responsible for everything."
(Surat al-An’am, 102),

It is Allah Who creates man from a drop of fluid, brings him up, feeds him,
gives him hearing and sight, and restores him to health when he becomes sick.
Do not forget that Allah creates the body’s incredible immune system, medi-
cines, the knowledge of medicine, and doctors. Therefore, man should serve
Him alone, worship and obey only Him.
The most explicit indication of a man’s keeping his duty to Allah is his fear-
ing Him. Those who only confirm Allah verbally are those who do fear Him.
A person, who truly has faith in Allah, is afraid of opposing Him and, because
of seeing His signs throughout the universe, comes to perceive His might and
omnipotence.
In addition, a person who has faith in Allah learns another fact from His
Book: this world is a temporary creation. Man will stay here but only for a very
short time. Then, in accordance with the verse "O Man! You are toiling labo-
riously towards your Lord but meet Him you will!" (Surat al-Inshiqaq: 6)
he will return to Allah. He will start his eternal life in the hereafter in the new
form that He will give him. Whether he will spend his life in the hereafter in
Paradise in eternal bliss, or in Hell in eternal torment, depends on his deeds in
this world. If he obeys Allah, serves Him and follows His path in this world, he
will be rewarded with Allah’s approval (good pleasure), and paradise. If he
rebels against Allah, he will only find disgrace and exceeding torment in Hell.
This is the greatest truth of the world and nothing can be more important
for anybody than this.
As we stated in the beginning, some people are liable to close their eyes to
this truth, and not to confirm the being of Allah, or to affirm Him only verbal-
ly, and forget about the hereafter. This situation is described in the Qur’an in
Prophet Yusuf’s speech: "Allah alone is qualified to judge. His order is to
worship none but Him. That is in truth the straight and upright religion,
but most of mankind simply do not know." (Surah Yusuf: 40). In other
verses, Allah says "…But most people do not know it. They know an out-
ward aspect of the life of this world but are heedless of the hereafter."
(Surat ar-Rum: 6-7). As stated in the verses, these people only know the "out-
ward aspect of the life of this world". For instance, they may know exchange

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