The Purpose of Life

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

When we were asked about what is our purpose of life, probably there will be a lot of answers, or even no answers at all! Some may say that our purpose of life is to study and achieve success, while some may say that our purpose of life is to repay our parents' kindness. As a Muslim, we would definitely say that our purpose of life is to do what Allah had told us to do, or in a simple word is to be Allah's servant.

Actually, all of those answers are categorised in TWO main purposes, which are :-

1. WORSHIP (IBADAH/ABID)

2. KHALIFAH

Besides, there are proves about those main purpose in the Al-Quran;

  وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ

Aku tidak menciptakan jin dan MANUSIA melainkan agar mereka BERIBADAH kepada-Ku

(Az-Zariyat : 56)

......... وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلاَئِكَةِ إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً 

Dan (ingatlah) ketika Tuhanmu berfirman kepada para malaikat "Aku hendak menjadikan KHALIFAH di bumi.".....

(Al-Baqarah : 30) 

1. WORSHIP (IBADAH/ABID) 

The work scope as an Abid or servant is - 24 hours of Ibadah.

People might be confused about this statement. They might be asking, "we do our prayer only 5 times a day, so how come we have to make it as 24 hours?" or "Do we have to recite the Quran for 24 hours?"

Actually, something is called as Worship or Ibadah if it fulfill this two conditions :-

1. Our intentions is Lillahi Taala (Only because of Allah)

2. Do it with the correct way (follow the Syariat or Law in Islam)

So, do you get it clear? Everything that we do in everyday life, even taking a bath or driving a car, if we follow those two conditions, it will be called as an Ibadah. Studying and working is an Ibadah too if we do it because of Allah and obeys the Islam rule. =)

2. KHALIFAH

The main ideas of being a khalifah is, first, we need to build Islam in ourselves. DO NOT INHERIT Islam, but PRACTISE Islam. Build Islam in yourself first by learning and understanding.

Secondly, you HAVE TO teach others about the beauty of Islam, attract others to know Islam. Speak to others even only one sentence about Islam, as in hadith; In Saheeh al-Bukhaari (3461) it is narrated from ‘Abd-Allah ibn ‘Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:

"Convey from me, even if it is a verse"

InshaAllah Read more: http://www.systemoflife.com/articles/general/124-spread-knowledge-even-if-its-1verse#ixzz2vvec0k6k

We need to tell others about Islam but still at the same time we ARE learning Islam too. Insya-Allah..

Guess that's all for now. Hope to share more knowledge soon. ^^

P/S : currently in learning and consciousness process...so need some time to realise and implement what I've learnt before writing it. Insya-Allah... :) and by the way, honestly I feel a bit hard to write important knowledges in English as I am afraid people wouldn't get what I am trying to say..hmm.. (-_-)"