3. Outline
Introduction
What is Life?
Life as a Purposeful Creation
Life in other Religions – A brief overview
Purpose of Life in Islam
Conclusion
References
5. What is Life?
Very Important & Significant Question
Different Perspectives
Various definitions by different Philosophers &
Scholars.
The meaning of life is deeply mixed with the
philosophical and religious conceptions of
existence, consciousness, and happiness, and touches
on many other issues, such as symbolic
meaning, ontology, value, purpose, ethics, good and
evil, free will, conceptions of God, the existence of
God, the soul and the afterlife.
6. Life as a Purposeful Creation
Life is not purposeless but is highly purposeful
Everything has a purpose & Life too has a deep and
significant purpose
And if everything around us has a purpose then the
great asset of life cannot be purposeless
Religion is the best way to know about the Purpose of
Life.
7. Life in other Religions – A Brief Overview
Defected or incomplete as compared to Islam
Hinduism – Cycle of Birth & Rebirth
Judaism – Almost silent on purpose of life, Just poetry
& History.
Christianity – Original Sin, St. Paul, Crucifixion
Zoroastrianism – Ahura Mazda & Ahriman, Paganism
Buddhism & Jainism – Renouncing the world to get
salvation.
Life in Islam – The only choice
8. Purpose of Life in Islam
To acquire knowledge in order to understand our
status in life.
Man is Dignified Being.
Man is the Representative (Khalifa) of Allah on Earth
(2:30)
Man has to manifest divine attributes into himself
Allah created us in order to worship Him (51:56)
Life is a test to Man (61:2)
He will be rewarded according in the Aakhirah
Man is the Best of the Creation
9. Conclusion
Life is really a precious asset and a trust from Allah
Without knowing the purpose of life, life becomes aimless
without any final goal
Except Islam, in all other religions and philosophies, the
purpose of life is incomplete, or defected, or impractical or
not moderate
Only Islam provides the complete code of life & only Islam
is the universal religion belonging to all humanity
And the moment we realize our purpose in life, our status
gets exalted till Allah mentions us as the best evolved
people:
“You are the best of Peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining
what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in
Allah”
10. Refrences
Books:
Muhsin Khan, Dr. M., The Noble Quran, Darrusalam, (Riyadh – 1996).
The Holy Quran – English Translation of the meanings and
commentary, The Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Fahd Complex.
Yusuf Ali, Abdullah, The Holy Quran, Goodword Books, (New Delhi – 2005).
Abdalati, Hammudah, Islam in Focus, Adam Publishers, (New Delhi – 2006).
Khanam, Dr. Farida, Islamic Studies Class XI (textbook), Devra Books, (New
Delhi – 2007).
Sikander, Yaqeen Ul Haq Ahmad, The True Purpose of Life, Adam
Publishers, (New Delhi - 2009).
Softwares:
Alim for Windows, Version 4.5, ISL Software Corporation, 1996.
The Hadith Software, Version 1.0, Islamasoft Solutions.
Websites:
www.purposeofcreation.com
www.wikipedia.org