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Almighty Allah says,
[I only created Jinn and
humans to worship Me.] (Adh-Dhariyat 51:56)
In the life of this world,
Allah created humanity for a single purpose:
to serve Him by living by His precepts. For
those who wishes to be a servant to Him, Allah
sent down the Qur'an as a book of guidance:
[It [the Qur'an] is a Book We
have sent down to you, full of blessing, so
let people of intelligence ponder its Signs
and take heed.] (Saad 38:29)
The Qur'an is not a book that
solely prescribes the lawful and unlawful
deeds. It covers a wide range of subjects,
including descriptions pertaining to moral
perfection, various characteristics of human
beings, all situations and circumstances that
are likely to occur in this life, information
related to the life of this world and the
Hereafter, fear of Allah, love for Him, the
ways to attain His pleasure, etc.
In brief, the Qur'an is a book
that consists of all the information that
people may need throughout life. It is the
Book the Creator has sent to the created, and
it will remain as the best guide for humanity
until the Day of Judgment.
Those who are ignorant of the
Qur'an and have prejudices regarding it assume
that it only refers to the past and thus is
irrelevant to our time. Contrary to such
assumptions, the Qur'an is not a book that
only describes events that happened 1,400
years ago.
It is a guide to humanity that
informs people about events that happen in all
ages and about the Day of Judgment that puts
an end to the life of this world.
Believers who become aware of
the importance and indispensability of the
Qur'an to life must have a good knowledge of
the Qur'an so that they can conduct their
entire life in line with the principles of the
Qur'an and thus serve Allah as is due.
This knowledge will benefit
those who wish to get to know Allah, who are
willing to meticulously perform their duties
as servants of Allah, reorient their lives in
line with the values of the Qur'an and make
attaining the good pleasure, mercy, and
Paradise of Allah their main objective.
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