Man’s duty in life

Subiect: Man’s duty in life Joi Mai 19, 2011 4:11 am

Man’s duty in life

All the creatures on the earth, including plants, inanimate beings and
animals, are subjugated to you man, servile, obeying you in anything
asked of them. Their duty in life is to serve the believer and the
disbeliever, the pious and the impious until the Hour of Resurrection
is established. Only then, man loses this privilege and this subjugation
ends.
In worldly life, the sun does not shine on the believers only, nor does
the earth gives forth its plants to the believers and withholds it from
the disbelievers. The species of the earth interact for man and through
him, regardless of his creed and his faith in his Lord. So, whoever
succeed in adopting the means, would receive their yield, without
differentiating between he who says, ‘Lâ ilâha ill-Allâh’ (There is no
God save Allah), and he who refuses to say it.
But in the Hereafter things would be much different. The species
would serve the believer alone and would not serve the disbeliever.
When the disbeliever would attempt to lie to Allah and claims that he
has obeyed Him, his legs would say, ‘No my Lord, he used me
everyday to walk to the bar.’ And his hands would say, ‘No my Lord,
he used me to smite the weak.’ And his tongue would say, ‘No my
Lord, he used me to utter the word of disbelief.’ Thereby, he loses all
mastery even over his own body. Recite the Qur’anic verse in which
Allah, says (what means):

“Till, when they reach it (Hell-fire), their hearing (ears) and their
eyes, and their skins will testify against them as to what they used
to do. And they will say to their skins, ‘Why do you testify against
us?’ They will say: ‘Allah has caused us to speak, as He causes all
things to speak, and He created you the first time, and to Him you
are made to return.’” (Fussilat, 41: 20-21)

Thus, man’s freedom of choice and the creatures’ serviceability to
him are given to all mankind in worldly life, but in the Hereafter it is
for the believers only.
If the disbeliever tried to escape on the Day of Resurrection, his feet
would not move; if he wanted to run away from Hellfire, his legs
would drive him towards it in defiance of his will. If he wanted to
drink, he would be given scalding water that would tear up his
bowels; if he wanted to clothe himself, the angels of fire would cut
out for him a garment from Hellfire sticking to his body.
The species of the universe would not serve the disbeliever on the
Day of Resurrection, but would curse him, burn him and torture him.
Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, has honored man by granting
him another life, a life not given through means, but is directly
bestowed by Almighty Allah. A life of delights not to forsake man nor
is he to leave it; a life befitting in its bestowments the believer whom
Allah has vested with power in the universe; an eternal life that knows
no death.
Man’s lifetime does not end by his death after worldly life. He has
another life, which is the meant one. But who is to attain such life and
such delights? He is the one who fulfills in this worldly life the duty
that Allah has created him for. That is, obeying Allah in what to do
and what not to do, such obedience that will lead man to immortality
in heavenly delights.
Allah has created this world to be obeyed in it and to have all the
creatures celebrating His Praises. If you joined the creatures of the
universe and you became a worshipper of Allah, you would be in
harmony with those glorifying species in worldly life, and then Allah,
all glory be to Him, would grant you immortality in the Hereafter.
But if Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, has created us to worship
Him, does this mean that Allah, all glory be to Him, needs this
worship? We say, ‘With His Graceful Being, Allah stands Rich
beyond need of any of His creatures. No sin will do Him the least
harm, and He will profit none by any act of obedience. He has
created us free to choose, then whosoever wills, let him believe, and
whosoever wills, let him disbelieve. Whosoever wills, let him come to
Allah willingly and not by force.’ Allah, Whose Majesty reigns
supreme, says (what means):

“If We will, We could send down to them from the heaven a sign,
to which they would bend their necks in humility.” (Ash-Shu‘arâ’,
26: 4)

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