The Wisdom Behind the Creation of Humans

If the ultimate purpose of humankind is to worship Allah

alone and yet Allah does not benefit from such worship, then one

may rightly ask: What exactly is the wisdom behind the creation of

humans? There is definitely a wisdom behind the creation of humans

since, as discussed earlier, Allah has made it clear that He has not

created purposeless, in sport, in jest or anything of that nature.

Hence, in everything He creates there is wisdom—and He is the All-

Wise, the All-Knowing. When the angels asked Allah why He was

placing this new creature on the earth, Allah’s reply to them was that

He had knowledge that they did not.

However, as was the case with pondering over the creation of

the heavens and the earth, one can come to some conclusions that

may be partial answers to this particular question.

First, one can see that humans are unique beings, especially

given their ability to worship Allah, to exercise free will and to use

their minds. Allah has created a being that can, as described earlier,

rise to the greatest levels of creation or lower himself to the lowest

abyss.

This creation points to not only the existence of a creator—as a creation of this nature could not simply come about by chance nor

have any other creatures supposedly evolved to such a state—but to

the greatness and the amazing knowledge of the Creator. This in

itself is a very important aspect and humans should reflect upon it as,

once again, humans cannot escape the fact that they have a Creator

and Lord.

Second, the existence of humans which have the ability to do

good or evil manifests many of Allah’s attributes that are not

manifested simply through the creation of the heavens and the earth.

Yes, even the existence of “relative evil” is a positive thing. Via the

existence of such “evil” Allah’s beautiful attributes of forgiveness,

mercy, patience and appreciation of deeds are manifested. In

addition, His attributes of being just, being able to punish and having

power over all creatures are also manifested through deeds that

humans often suffer from and wonder why or how God could have

allowed them to occur. There is nothing without a purpose and

wisdom and in the long-run the individual may realize what great

good was brought about by such deeds.

Third, Allah’s eternal reward for those who believe and do

good demonstrate how loving and compassionate He truly is. He will

have His devoted worshippers, who recognized, accepted and fulfilled

their purpose in this life, in a state of perpetual felicity, manifesting

Allah’s greatness in giving and rewarding. On the other hand, the

fate of those who willingly choose to ignore all the signs around them

and refuse to worship or submit to God will demonstrate Allah’s

power and ability to judge with complete and true justice.

See you in the next blog to complete the book.

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I invite you, my dear brother, to Islam and to believe in God Almighty. He alone is worthy of worship. The purpose of our creation is to worship God alone, without any partners.