9. And so it was revealed

 Transmitted Knowledge in the quest for purpose

 Once the Quran has been established as the communication from the creator then it establishes another line of knowledge for us- a knowledge of the creator about aspects that we will not be able to know due to our senses being limited to the observable universe. This will include any knowledge describing the creator  as well as what happens after life- both of which are beyond our sensible reality.  This type of knowledge as we have already mentioned is transmitted  knowledge and is not directly observable (termed ‘naqli’ in Arabic).

We can now go back to our original question about purpose and seek answers from the creator. The creator informs us that it’s name is Allah and refers to itself as He (and so shall we from now on refer to Him as such) and that He is the sole creator of the universe and that He has no partners and had there been so there would indeed be much chaos (as they struggle against each other – upsetting and contradicting each other’s rules within the universe).

Our purpose is clearly defined for us:

“And I (Allaah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone)”

[al-Dhaariyaat 51:56]

 

Worship here is defined in many other verses as full submission to Allah and His Messenger in terms of thought and action. For example in the penultimate verse of surah Baqarah:

“…they (the believers) say, we hear and we obey..”

To hear is to obey.

Thinking should not contradict the definitive statements that are evidently from Allah  as this is akin to disagreeing with Allah and a sign of rejection of His Message to us:

A believer should find no resistance in their hearts to the judgements of Allah and His messenger:

There will be a Day of Judgement in which all of mankind will be brought before Allah and they will be accountable for their belief and actions:

The believers are the ones who will be rewarded with paradise:

“Indeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds - those are the best of creatures. Their reward with Allah will be gardens of perpetual residence beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever, Allah being pleased with them and they with Him. That is for whoever has feared his Lord.” Surah Bayyinah

 

All of the above show the purpose for the human built on knowledge transmitted to us from the creator of the human Himself.