THE PURPOSE OF LIFE

Usually, people live their lives without ever reflecting on life itself or its meaning for them. Their lives may be full of activities or even nothing. They may marry, have children, run a business, or become scientists or musicians, without ever obtaining any degree of understanding of why they do these things. They also are forgetting their responsible or their job towards Allah the almighty because trying their best to achieve their goals without realizing the main purpose of life. But what is actually the real purpose of life. Opinion takes different perception but it does not always give the right answer.  

As in my life, I experienced a lot of events that relate most probably with something that I didn’t plan to do so. When I was a kid, I’ve been taught that our life is not only revolved around us. We must think whether the consequences will bring more harm than good either to ourselves or to others. I asked myself, why can’t we think about ourselves first? Why must we consider the implicit of everything we want to do? Then, when I started to live by my own, as I grow older, I learn that if we don’t like the way people treat us, never treat people in such way. Being selfish will never lead us to victory. So I learn a lot of things about the purpose of life. Allah has created me to be His obedient servant, and to obey my parents, follow the guidelines.

I know I’m not a perfect servant of Allah. I do mistakes, a lot than doing the right thing. That’s why I’m trying my best to fulfil my purpose of life. It is not easy to complete the main purpose of life even we have the guideline. It looks simple as a hard nut to crack, but it is not. The five pillars of Islam, is the main guideline. Alhamdulillah, I still have my parents to remind me everytime I slip from the right path.

We seek the protection of Allah from every evil thing. I found from the internet about Allah mentions to us in the Holy Quran, "And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is over all things competent. Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day are signs for those of understanding-Who remember Allah while standing or sitting or [lying] on their sides and give thought to the creation of the heavens and the earth, [saying], "Our Lord, You did not create this aimlessly; exalted are You [above such a thing]; then protect us from the punishment of the Fire." Surah 3: Ayahs 189-191. Truly, when you see the design of all that Allah created, you realize it is very powerful and very precise. Something very powerful and very precise which means that something beyond our own calculation and imagination that cannot be foolish.

So while I’m thinking how great the creation of Allah is I start realize how humble I am and how ungrateful I am for not being fully responsible to Him. My desire sometime has becoming the priority instead of my responsible. But still, I’m thanking to Him because still love me and give a lot of luxury. Maybe that’s how He reminds me about my purpose of life. And I’ll always pray to Him so that he will lead me to keep on track and fulfil my purpose of life. InsyaAllah.