Islam is one of religion in the world. It is the fastest growing religion. Islam is not a new religion but the same truth that God revealed through all His prophets to every people. The name of Islam comes from an Arabic root word. It means "peace" and "submission". Islam teaches that one can only find peace in one's life by submitting to Almighty God (Allah) in heart, soul, and deed. Islam is a natural way of life that encourages one to give due attention to their relationship with God and His creation. Yet, unfortunetly, Islam is also the most misunderstood religion. Perhaps, this is because religion does not dominate everyday life in the West today. Whereas Muslims have religion always uppermost in their minds and make no division between secular and sacred. They believe that the Divine Law, the Shari'a, should be taken very seriously which is why issues related to religion are still so important.
Based on the issues that Islam is the most missunderstood religion, let's try to review. People everywhere are asking the questions "what is the purpose of life?" and "why are we here?" we might be amazed to learn, that Islam is providing clear and concise answers for these questions. Most of those who reflect or think about life in any detail will consider and ponder these questions. There are as many different answers to these questons as there are people asking the questions. Some would hold that the purpose of life was to acquire wealth. Yet suppose they were to acquire millions of dollars, what then would they claim is their purpose after doing so? If the purpose of life is to become wealthy,there would be no purpose after becoming wealthy...
The fact is, when people approach their purpose in this life from the aspect of only gaining wealth, after collecting the money they have dreamed of their lives loose purpose and then they live in restless tension suffering from a feeling of worthlessness. Then... How could wealth be considered as the aim of life? Could it guarantee happiness? Of course not. Let's see, there are millionaires or members of their families committing suicide. See, how could we consider the purpose of life would be to gain great wealth? Based on this, wealth can do little or nothing to bring happines to one who is a disbeliever in Almighty God. It is because regardless of what he or she would gain in this life they would always live in fear of what will happen to them in the end. They would wonder what would become of them and how they would end up.
Wealth and its accumulation as a purpose would be doomed to a temporary success at best and in the end it would only spell out self destruction. So, what is the use of wealth to a person without belief? He would always fear his end and would always be skeptical of everything. He may gain a great material wealth but he would only lose himself in the end..
Finally, then what is the answer for the questions "what is the purpose of life?" and "why are we here?" The answer is... Worship of the One True Almighty God of the Universe (in arabic is Allah) as a primary goal or aim in life provides a believer with everything we need to succeed in both life, this life and the next life.
The fact is, when people approach their purpose in this life from the aspect of only gaining wealth, after collecting the money they have dreamed of their lives loose purpose and then they live in restless tension suffering from a feeling of worthlessness. Then... How could wealth be considered as the aim of life? Could it guarantee happiness? Of course not. Let's see, there are millionaires or members of their families committing suicide. See, how could we consider the purpose of life would be to gain great wealth? Based on this, wealth can do little or nothing to bring happines to one who is a disbeliever in Almighty God. It is because regardless of what he or she would gain in this life they would always live in fear of what will happen to them in the end. They would wonder what would become of them and how they would end up.
Wealth and its accumulation as a purpose would be doomed to a temporary success at best and in the end it would only spell out self destruction. So, what is the use of wealth to a person without belief? He would always fear his end and would always be skeptical of everything. He may gain a great material wealth but he would only lose himself in the end..
Finally, then what is the answer for the questions "what is the purpose of life?" and "why are we here?" The answer is... Worship of the One True Almighty God of the Universe (in arabic is Allah) as a primary goal or aim in life provides a believer with everything we need to succeed in both life, this life and the next life.
A person who believes in and consciously follows Islam is called a Muslim. For Muslim, the whole purpose of life is "ibadah" or worship to the One True Almigthy God on Terms and under His Conditions.
References :
http://www.islamicity.com/education/
http://islam.about.com/od/basicbeliefs/p/intro.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam
http://www.whatsislam.com/
http://www.whatisislamabout.com/islam/what-is-islam/
