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committed a most heinous sinindeed."

i. The Purpose Behind Mankind's Creation

Allah created humans solely that they may worship Him.
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Given that food, water, shelter, reproduction and thousands of other
matters are inextricably tied to human survival, Islam has transformed all
of these into acts of worship, so long as the intention behind them is to
better serve Allah.

ii. The Message of the Prophets

Within mankind, Allah instilled a nature that leads instinctively to His
worship alone, provided there is no external interference." To compensate
for such interferences He dispatched messengers from time to time, to
displace the webs of idolatry and superstition and guide people to the
proper way of worship.

6 Qur'an 39:53.
7 Qur'an 4:48.
8 Qur'an 51:56.
9 This is clear from the badlth of the Prophet, "There is none born but is created
to his true nature [Islam]. It is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian or a
Magian ... " [Muslim, SaI;lb, rendered into English by Abdul-Hamid Siddiqi, Sh. M.
Ashraf, Kashmiri Bazar - Lahore, Pakistan, hadith no. 6423].