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Saying prayers
Verse 56 of Surat adh-Dhariyat which reads
"
I only created
jinn and man to worship Me"
declares that Allah has created
human beings to serve Him. In other words, the purpose of
human creation is, as Allah says in the Qur'an, to serve our Lord
Who has created all things. So, those who accept the Qur'an as
their guide put worshipping Allah above all other things, and they
spend their short lives—seventy-odd years if they are granted that
much—with a view to the afterlife and to winning Allah's favour.
This shows itself in every moment of their earthly lives.
A believer is aware that the teachings of the Qur'an apply not
only to a part of his life in this world, or to moments or stages in
it, but to the whole life. He obeys Allah's commands to
the fullest of his abilities and does as many good
works as he can. He spends his time in the acts of
worship that Allah has revealed in the Qur'an,
and when he finishes one work, he goes on to
another. Because Allah says in verse 162 of
Surat al-An'am,
"Say: 'My prayer and my
rites, my living and my dying, are for Allah
alone, the Lord of all the worlds'"
, he pursues
what is good and beneficial and there is no
break, stop or limit in his efforts. For a believer,
beginning a new job after the previous one has
been completed is necessary because he knows
that he must spend every second given to him in
this earthly life working to win Allah's favour,
and that he will give account in the afterlife of
every moment he has spent in this world. For
this reason, he spends every minute hoping
only to win Allah's approval, and doing those
24 Hours in the Life of a Muslim
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