PART 3 – WHY WE NEED RELIGION
There is only one Creator
The Almighty is One.
His message should be One to mankind. It is a singular and universal message, with no room for gender, racial or financial discrimination. Nothing grants you status in His eyes, except the desire and the need of His guidance.
The Creator, the Almighty One, is beyond comprehension. He is neither male nor female. He is the eternal, He always was and He will always be. He was not born, nor does He have children. There is nothing similar or equivalent to Him – He is beyond our imagination because He is beyond the laws of physics which constrain us and our imaginations.
He is the Creator, and we are all His creation. He is self sufficient and has no need of anyone of us, but all of mankind and creation is in need of Him.
He knows you intimately, every recess of your heart, every thought, every breath, wish and desire. He knows your innermost feelings, even those which you dare not voice out or even think about. He sees you in everything you do, whether you are in a crowd in bright daylight or hiding alone in the deepest darkness. He knows what you yearn for, what you fear, what gives you hope, what gives you strength and what makes you weep.
He was the one who created you, and He knows every atom in your body, all your strengths, weaknesses, attributes, advantages and disadvantages. He knows all of these down to the most minute detail which even you cannot comprehend, down to every blood cell that courses through your veins. He knew you before you were even born. He is the only being who knows what is good for you and what can harm you, and no other existence in this universe knows and understands you better than He can.
If you submit to Him, He will make life easy for you to bear and will show you the way to obtain the ultimate happiness in this life and then to Paradise, for eternal happiness.
As we said at the beginning of these series, your physical body will die, but your soul will live forever. Where you soul is destined depends on how much you nourish, take care, value and feed your soul when you are alive.
The ultimate need of your soul is the connection with the Creator, and to bow down and submit to the will of your Creator. The same way that the physical body has its needs, the this is what your soul truly yearns. This is all you need to do, and if you understand this, you will achieve incredible peace and happiness through all this life, through its hardships and its ease, as well as taste the ultimate joy of everlasting Paradise once your life on this earth has expired. There is no other way.
Our souls were created with an instinctive need to connect with our Creator, but our pursuits of daily desires, material needs, status and wealth cloud us from that recognition. This is why despite having obtained and even surpassed the successes of this life, most of humankind is lost, without direction, and leading lives which are glittering with worldly achievements but are in reality hollow and without meaning.
Let us remind you that this series is for those who humble themselves sincerely and really want the happiness of this life and afterlife. We need His knowledge, His wisdom, to tell us how to reach and gain His mercy and pleasure. So that we live this life in peace, die in peace and live the next life in peace.
This is why the Almighty Creator sent Messengers and Prophets throughout the history of mankind, together with books and scriptures to guide us and to show us the way.
Power, ego, arrogance, and belongings are of no use to us if we refuse to submit to our Creator. Those in the past who rebelled against the Creator are no longer. King after king, emperor after emperor, glorious civilizations and empires of the past, they are all gone now. They just leave behind crumbling monuments of past triumphs, but they themselves have been wiped out.
The same way that the current superpowers will disappear and be lost in history. Once civilization will succeed the next in power and glory, and the old ones will disappear in the mists of time. This is the truth. One day, even this earth will be gone. And who are we? Just a speck in our current civilization, and soon, we too, will be gone.
To make our lives matter, we need faith and a way of life to lead us physically and spiritually, body and soul to be united only to gain the guidance, the light, and wisdom of Almighty, the One who is eternal, the One who will never die, be destroyed or be replaced.
This is the purpose of religion. It is not to oppress or terrorize us, or to set political agendas that only benefit a few. It is to save our souls, give meanings to our lives and give us happiness in this life and the next.
We are inviting you to the last call before the Day of Judgment and before the End of Time, before we die, be it individually or collectively as mankind. We invite you to a better way of life, one rich with contentment instead of speckled with despair and hopelessness. A path of tranquility, of peace within and of infinite and eternal happiness.
We invite you to respond to the call of the only One, our Almighty Creator, to a way of life that will heal your heart and fill your life. We invite you to the most beautiful and fulfilling journey and to a wonderful way of life. This is the call to Islam, to the submission, obedience and surrender to the will of our Almighty God.
