The meaning of life and why God/Allah created us?

 Allah/God is a truly amazing and beautiful entity. Of course , for various reasons, some may not see this. They may not really have thought much about the entity. However I believe the truth is that it is truly beautiful and amazing, no doubt. We can go into the reasons for this later on but for now this is my direction. However having said It (ie God/Allah) is amazing , it does not mean that it does not test us and give us some very tough tests. But I believe those tests are only to those It knows can cope with the tests. The purpose of this testing is to raise our positions so that in our final eternal lives we have got the highest of positions for ourselves. Here I am talking about the testing it gives to believers. For those who intentionally have chosen to disbelieve It doesnt test them but allows them to enjoy their life before they are placed into the bad eternal life. It does not consider the goods and enjoyments of this limited life as something of significance. As for those who are not sure about Its existence I believe It tries to guide them to It and tries to show them that the attractions of this life arent that great, or that running after it isnt that great. But It gives them the free choice to accept It or reject It. They have to choose for themselves which way they go. This is why our choices in this life are very important (when it comes to the big topics I mean). 

But what about the meaning of life? What is its meaning? Why are we here etc? There are many answers , all of which may be correct, but the one I choose now is that its meaning is to give us an opportunity to make our own path. The decisions we make will define the path we make for ourselves, not just in this world, but also the next. Those who use their mind well  and choose well will get good outcomes both here and after here. However there may be times where we will have to choose a difficult path because it is the right thing to do. So some sacrifices maybe necessary. And generally the more sacrifices one is willing to do in this life the more their status is in the next life, which is eternal I believe. So it is definitely worth it. So the meaning of this life is about observing our current life and world situation and making good choices.  The good choices will be to do with , whether there is a creator or there isnt, finding what the right thing to do in a given situation is, and so we are here to think and then make choices. And the better our thinking the better our choices. 

If we make choices without thinking eg we just copy what others are doing, then we may make the wrong choices without realizing. That is why we need to formulate our own world view of things before we start taking important decisions. If our world view is not accurate then we may make wrong choices and get bad consequences. That is why studying reality is important. Questions like who is in control of what and why become important. Does God exist becomes important. Dismissing such questions may lead us to bad choices and bad consequences. Taking the easy path doesnt mean it will be the right path. Putting thought into these difficult areas may thus have good rewards later on in life. And no one is saying you need to rush to do this. Take it slow.

So this life is all about thinking and choosing. The more our thinking makes sense, the more correct it is likely to be and thus the better the choices we should be able to make.  For me knowing God/Allah has become very important. I have come to see that our whole existence is to do with revolving about this entity. It is our maker and wants us to recognize it. The more we come close to It through our mind the more It will love us I think. It loves those that want to know It. But It doesnt force us to know It, It gives us total freedom to do as we want. So today it is prevalent that those who wish to think about the Maker are not highly rated, and maybe viewed as somewhat strange and of another age. We do not really fit in the current Western culture of gaining freedom from our Maker and being distant from It (ie running away from It). It has become a culture that deliberately deviates away from the values the Maker has sent down like marriage, modesty, humbleness and avoiding sin, arrogance, usury (interest) and greed.  Instead we have become greed based. Accumulation of money has become the game instead of thinking about life and choosing well. We have become servants to our desires for things in this world instead of servants to our amazing Maker. We have allowed ourselves to forget our Maker and instead simply exhaust our time in satisfying worldly desires. In doing so we have come to harm this planet that He created for us, and poisoned ourselves and life with toxic chemicals. From the greed of satisfying desires and accumulating more and more wealth.

Will there be no intervention from the Maker? Or will intervention come? What will the Maker do? How will He/It intervene? From what I see, the intervention is coming through Turkey. This state is now growing in strength and is about to call the Muslims back to true Islam where implementing fairness and standing up to oppression are top values, values that Muslims have generally distanced themselves from. At the same time the big superpower (America) is in decline and Europe too has become frail and fragile. I believe we have come about to a big turning point in history now, where major interventions are likely to occur and where big power shifts are about to happen. It will become Turkey and China only, with Turkey breathing life back to the Muslim world giving rise to an Islamic super state somehow. The West is right to fear Turkey, but they are not in any position to stop it. In fact the West is stepping backwards not forwards. They no longer know their values and those they know they no longer uphold (France as a clear example). If they dont rediscover and adopt a good set of values for themselves then I predict further decline. I think the frailty they have is from turning away from addressing the concept of the Maker and our position towards Him/It. It has led them to have shallow thinking and this has in turn made them easier to manipulate by dark forces (eg a powerful cabal that worships Satan). I have to say that I am not 100% sure of the detail of what I have said in this paragraph but it is a rough analysis and is a work in progress. There are many factors that combine normally, and deciding which are the most dominant factors isn't easy. It also takes us into the land of conspiracy theory which for some reason has become a taboo subject in the West. This is a big sign that something is wrong in my view. That there is an attempt to suppress any questioning of the status quo that projects a dark shadow over what is going on. Is it because there is darkness at the helm steering the West or is it that they can no longer take looking at difficult scenarios. Either way it is bad. Its as if the western mind has been shaped in a way that it can no longer self reflect freely on itself. It has become a mind that has lost its freedom to think I think. There are clear avenues that it can no longer think on. The Western mind has thus become a controlled mind. And this is thus not a recipe for progressive nations but for non progressive. Freedom of thought is very important, and banning it is not a healthy sign. It is usually the start of a decline I think.

Having said the above there are many westerners who do question and dont allow their minds to be controlled and they are a growing segment of society. So there is definitely an awakening happening and there are significant spiritual elements in it. So this move towards recognition of the Maker is happening and finding itself both in the East and the West. China however is not at the moment affected by this and I think there is a time for it in the future, but not the imminent one. I should also say that signs of the Western awakening are in voting Brexit in the UK and in choosing Trump in the US. Although they may not be the greatest of choices they were both unlikely to have happened had people not been waking up.

Ali Twaij

Muslim Thinker

1 Dec 2020