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Purpose
of Life According to
ISLAM
The most important question for any human being in this world
is "Who am I?"
or in other words "Why
I am in this world?Many theories and philosophies
have been presented from different group of thoughts, from
the beginning of this world up to the mean time.
We
are trying to explain the answer of above question in the light
of preaching of Islam, under the guidance of Saints/ Sufi exegitists.
Hadith-e-Qudsi (Pure/Jerusalem saying of God/Allah)) is:
was a secret treasure, I wished to be recognized/acquaintained
so I created creatures.
From the personality/self  of
Allah to the lowest level three levels are of creature and three
levels are of the personality of Allah. (Here word personality
does not explain the exact meaning of
but is used because only is found in the English diction.)
Three levels of creature are as follow.
Lowest level (where we are at the time being) is called Nasoot
This means physical universe.
Second/middle one is called Malakoot
This means world of angels. Upper most of creature is called Jabaroot
which means majesty/omnipotent.
Three levels of personality of Allah are as follow:
Upper level than Jabaroot (majesty/omnipotent) is called
Lahoot  This
is the world lying beyond the time and space. This is actual house
of mankind Insaan
Above Lahoot is Yahoot
. And most upper level is called Hahowayyet
Here in this topic we will try to explain levels from Lahoot
to Nasoot.
Lahoot is also called world of Souls (Aalam-e-Arwah
Here all Souls (Arwah) were growing up/bringing up by looking
at unveiled Allah, i.e. with out any veil/parda.
Allah says in Holy Quran:
I asked for my providence (Raboobiat 
You said, yes! Why not.
Then Allah created three levels of creature by saying Kun-Fayakoon
 .Heaven-Fardous
(Jannat-ul-Fardous 
is in Aalam-e-Jabaroot, where Hazrat Adam A.S lived for some period.After
the mistake of Hazrat Adam A.S (i.e., they ate the wheat while
Allah had prohibited them from eating wheat), Allah brought them
(Hazrat Adam A.S and Hazrat Hawa A.S) at Nasoot (this physical
world).
As Allah Says in Holy Quran:
I created human on best shape then I brought him down at the
lowest level.
Now in this world human beings are born and died. Every soul,
which has answered as Yes! Why not
in Aalam-e-Lahoot (Aalam-e-Arwah) is sent in this world and is
created with soil.
After the death of every human first question that will be
asked from him/her in the grave is:
" Who is your Lord/Provider? "
Point to be noted is the question before coming
in this world was
in the Aalam-e-Lahoot (Aalam-e-Arwah) and after the death first
question is 
As Hazrat Muhammad 
has said:
"This world is examination hall for lasting world."
Now other point to be noted is that in Aalam-e-Lahoot
question was about the providence/deity (Raboobiat "
") and not for kindness or any other quality of God/Allah.
Rab "
" means one who provides feed. So this means all souls
were livings on feed, which was vision/look at unveiled Allah
and repeated invocation and praise of Allah.
To remind human beings Holy Prophets
and Holy Books have been sent by Allah.After sending last and
final Prophet Hazrat Muhammad 
and final Holy Book Quran Allah has chosen Islam as right
religion. After Hazrat Muhammad 
Sahaba-e-Karam  ,
and then Aulia-e-Karam  (Saints
and Sufia) and Ulama-e-Rasikheen (Savants/Muslim theologians)
have done duty to remind human being, their past origin.
Saying of Holy Prophet 
is:
"Every new born child is born at the nature of Islam."
Holy Quran says:
"No doubt, there was a time at human when no thing
was to say/invoke for him."
For success in "Nasoot" there is
knowledge of Sharah "
" and acts of Sharah and reward of these acts is Heaven
Ma-awa " 
". This reward must not be the target of human being. By
getting the knowledge of Tareeqat " 
" and acting on Tareeqat Human enters in Aalam-e-Malakoot,
where reward for him/her is Heaven Naeem " "
To achieve upper level, which is Aalam-e-Jabaroot there are
knowledge and acts of Maarefat "
" and reward for them is Heaven Fardous "
"One must not stop himself even after getting this reward.
There are knowledge and acts of Haqiqat "
" to achieve upper level than Jabaroot, which is Aalam-e-Lahoot.
The reward for them is Heaven-e-Qurb " 
<" (Heaven of nearness) in Aalam-e-Lahoot, where there
are only tajalliat (Luminosity) of personal light/luminosity
of Allah and where human is satisfied and unfear/knowing no
grief
As according to Holy Quran devil/Iblees said to Allah:
"I will misguide/astray all but not those obedient persons
who will be pure/un-adulterable."
In Holy Quran Allah says: "No doubt, there
is no fear/grief on Saints (Aulia-e-Karam 
and they have no worry/sorrow."
Dr.Muhammad Iqbal 
has said in his poetry, while explaining all above facts:
"O bird of Lahoot! (What’s your feed,) death is better
than having that feed which slows down your flying."
"O young muslim! Have you ever thought about that
what was a sky of which you are a broken star. "
"Calamity, forgiveness, purity and majesty/magnificence
(Jabaroot) are four elements which make a Muslim"
"This knowledge of Lahoot and philosophy of Malakoot/World
of Angels is just nothing if you haven't found the cure for
pain for concubine.
What’s the result when (only) tongue has said Kalima (
), if heart and eye are not muslim (i.e., muslim but
not by heart) then there is nothing."
Hazrat Baba Farid
has said in his poetry while talking with Allah:
"We were there near your residence and
we had no worry.
We listened the sayings, which our friend
said to us."
Hazrat Peer Mehr Ali Shah
has said:
"Kun (i.e., Happen) is said (by Allah) and
Fayakoon (i.e., "It was happened" World was created
by Allah) previous day (this means not a period which may
be forgot), and we did love (with Allah) before this day. "
Sultan-ul-Aarefeen Hazrat Sultan Muhammad Bahoo
has said:
"When (Allah) said Kun-Fayakoon ""
we were near the "Allah", HOO.
There was a time when self (personally) and qualities
of only Allah was there. And now we are searching Allah in
this world, HOO.
There was a time when Lahoot (Lamakan "world lying
beyond time and space") was our house and now we have
been arrested / ensnared in idols / statutes, HOO.
Evil spirit / Sensual appetites has defiled / unclean
us, actually from the beginning / start we were not defiled,
HOO."
"My soul listened the question of Providence (asked
by Allah in Lahoot) after that it says every moment, "Yes!
Why not", HOO.
Affection of Home (i.e., Lahoot) has been overcome, which
doesn't allow to sleep even a moment, HOO.
O material world! Calamity may be on you, because you
stop from the way towards truth i.e., Allah,HOO.
Pure truth lovers never accept its materialism, even this
world weeps before them and beg from them to accepts its materialism,
HOO."
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