تَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَى كِتَابِ مَفْهُومِ الْعِبَادَةِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ لِأَحْمَدَ دِيدَاتَ بِصَوْتِ إِسْلَامَ عَادِلٍ

You are listening to the book The Concept of Worship in Islam by Ahmed Deedat, narrated by Islam Adel.

الْمُقَدِّمَةُ

The Introduction

إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ هَذَا الْكَائِنَ الْعَجِيبَ الَّذِي خُلِقَ لِأَجْلِ غَايَةٍ مُحَدَّدَةِ الْمَعَالِمِ أَلَا وَهِيَ عِبَادَةُ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

Indeed, man is this amazing creature who was created for a specific purpose, which is the worship of Allah, the Almighty and Majestic.

فَقَدْ قَالَ تَعَالَى

For He, the Exalted, said:

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونَ

And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.

مَا أُرِيدُ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ رِزْقٍ وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ يُطْعِمُونَ

I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.

إِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ

Indeed, it is Allah who is the Provider, the Possessor of Power, the Strong.

وَقَالَ تَعَالَى أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ

And the Exalted said: Did you think that We created you in vain and that to Us you would not be returned?

صَدَقَ اللهُ الْعَظِيمُ

Allah the Almighty has spoken the truth.

وَلَقَدْ وَفَّرَ اللهُ لِلْإِنْسَانِ كَافَّةَ السُّبُلِ لِلتَّيْسِيرِ عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ عِبَادَتَهُ عَلَى الْوَجْهِ الْأَكْمَلِ

Allah has provided for man all the ways to facilitate his worship in the most perfect manner.