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Chapter 1: Allah (M) said; “I have not created jinn and man except to worship Me”#

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ

I have not created jinn and man except to worship Me.

al-Dhariyat 51:56

وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولًا أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الطَّاغُوتَ

We sent a messenger to every nation [saying]; 'Worship Allah and shun the taghut.'

al-Nahl 16:60

وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا

Your Lord has ordered that you worship none but He, and that you behave kindly to your parents.

al-Isra' 17:23

وَاعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا

Worship Allah, and do not associate anything with Him.

al-Nisa' 4:36

قُلْ تَعَالَوْا أَتْلُ مَا حَرَّمَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ أَلَّا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا

Say: 'Come! I will recite what your Lord has prohibited for you: That you do not associate anything with Him.

al-An'am 6:151

Whoever wants to have a look at the will that Muhammad (peace be upon him) placed his seal upon, then let him recite the Most High's saying; 'Say: "Come! I will recite what your Lord has prohibited for you: That you do not associate anything with Him... and surely this is my Straight Path." — Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him)

بَيْنَمَا أَنَا رَاكِبٌ عَلَى حِمَارٍ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُعَاذُ أَتَدْرِي مَا حَقُّ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ وَمَا حَقُّ الْعِبَادِ عَلَى اللَّهِ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ حَقُّ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ أَنْ يَعْبُدُوهُ وَلَا يُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا وَحَقُّ الْعِبَادِ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ لَا يُعَذِّبَ مَنْ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفَلَا أُبَشِّرُ بِهِ النَّاسَ قَالَ لَا تُبَشِّرْهُمْ فَيَتَّكِلُوا

While I was riding upon a donkey with the Prophet (peace be upon him), he said to me: 'O Mu'adh! Do you know what Allah's right is upon His worshippers, and what the worshipper's right upon Allah is?' I replied, 'Allah and His Messenger know better.' He said, 'Allah's right upon His worshipper is that they worship Him without associating anything with Him. The worshipper's right upon Allah is that He does not punish anyone who does not associate anything with Him.' I said, 'Shall I tell this to the people?' He said, 'Do not inform them since they may depend [solely] on it.'

Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim

Important Points#

1. The wisdom behind the creation of jinns and humans.
2. That a/- ibadah refers [in particular] to tawhid, since it is the subject of the argument [above].
3. Whoever does not come with this, then he has not worshipped Allah. In this vain is the meaning of His saying; “And you will not worship what I worship.” {al-Kafirun 109:3)
4. The wisdom behind sending the messengers.
5. That the Message [i.e. tawhid] has been delivered to all nations.
6. That the prophets’ religion is one and the same.
7. An issue of major importance here is that the worship of Allah is not realized without rejecting the faghut. In this vain is the meaning of His (9g) saying; “And whoever rejects the tag/nit and believes in Allah, he has grasped the firm handle that will not break.. .”{al-Baqarah 2:256)