Allah did not leave mankind without purpose and sent messengers to guide humanity. Whoever obeys the messengers will be rewarded with paradise and whoever disobeys will be punished in hellfire. Allah sent messengers to past nations to establish proof against them and teach them how to worship in a way that pleases Him. For this Ummah, Allah specifically sent the Prophet Muhammad to relay revelations, purify believers of shirk, and teach the Quran and sunnah. It is not possible to truly worship Allah except by following His messengers.
1. Musallah at-Taqwa
Islamic College of Canberra
Saturday
April 04,
2009
ﺑﺴﻢ ﺍﷲ ﺍﻟﺮﲪﻦ ﺍﻟﺮﺣﻴﻢ
Explanation of the Three Fundamental Principles
Class Notes – Term 1, Week 8
َ ُ َ َ ﹶ ﻨ
.... ﻭﹶﻟﻢ َﻳﺘﺮﻛﻨَﺎ ﻫﻤَﻼ، َﺑﻞ ﹶﺃﺭﺳﻞ ﹺﺇﹶﻟﻴﻨَﺎ ﺭ ُﻮﻻﹰ، ﻓﻤﻦ ﹶﺃﻃﹶﺎﻋ ُ ﺩﺧﻞ ﺍﳉﱠﺔﹶ، ﻭﻣﻦ ﻋﺼَﺎﻩ ﺩﺧﻞ ﺍﻟﱠﺎﺭ
َ ْ َ َ ﹾ ْ َ ﹶ ْ َﺳ ﹶ َ ْ َﻪ َ َ ﹶ ﹶﻨ
َ َ ْ ُْ ﹾ
.ﻭَﺍﻟ ﱠﻟِﻴﻞ ﻗﻮﹸ ُ َﺗﻌَﺎﻟﹶﻰ: ﴿ ﹺﺇﱠﺎ ﹶﺃﺭﺳﻠﻨَﺎ ﹺﺇﹶﻟﻴﻜﻢ ﺭ ُﻮﻻ ﺷَﺎﻫِﺪﹰﺍ ﻋﻠﻴﻜﻢ ﻛﻤَﺎ ﹶﺃﺭﺳﻠﻨَﺎ ﹺﺇﻟﹶﻰ ﻓﺮﻋﻮﻥ ﺭ ُﻮﻻ
ِ ْ َ ْ ﹶ َﺳ ﹰ
َﹶْ ﹸ ْ ﹶ ْ َ ﹾ
ﻧ ْ َ ﹾ ْ ﹸ ْ َﺳ ﹰ
ﺪ ﹸ ﹶ ْﻟﻪ
.﴾ﻓﻌﺼَﻰ ﻓﺮﻋﻮﻥ ﺍﻟ ﱠ ُﻮﻝ ﻓﺄﺧﺬﻧَﺎﻩ ﹶﺃﺧْﺬﹰﺍ ﻭﺑﹺﻴﻼﹰ
َ
ُ ﹶ َ ِ ْ َ ْ ﹸ ﺮﺳ ﹶ ﹶﹶ َ ﹾ
... and He did not leave us without a purpose, rather he sent a messenger to us. So whoever
obeys him will enter Paradise, and whoever rejects and disobeys him will enter the Fire, and
the proof is the Saying of the Most High: “We sent a Messenger to you, O People, as a witness
in favour of you or against you on the Day of Resurrection, just as we sent a Messenger to the
Pharaoh. But the Pharaoh denied and rejected the Messenger, so We seized him with a severe
punishment [al‐Muzzammil; 73:15‐16]”.
Allah (swt) did not leave us without a purpose
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– ﻭﹶﻟﻢ َﻳﺘﺮﻛﻨَﺎ ﻫﻤَﻼMany people do not know their creator, nor do they know the purpose for
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which they were created. The intelligent individual knows that Allah (swt) has created us for a
specific purpose which He made perfectly clear in the Quran:
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And I (Allah) have note created the jinns and mankind except they should worship Me (Alone). [Adh‐
Dhariyaat; 51:56]
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Allah (swt) also says:
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Did you think that we created you without any purpose, and that you would not be brought back to us?
High and far removed is Allâh, the True King. None has the right to be worshipped except Him. [al‐
Mu’minoon; 51:56]
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High and far removed is Allah (swt) in creating the creation with no wisdom, for no purpose, or to
create them to be left aimlessly with no objective.
It is not befitting the Wisdom of Allah (swt) to create mankind simply to eat, drink, procreate and
pass the time like cattle and then not to be resurrected.