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Worship your Lord Who created you, and those before you, so that you may guard yourselves (against evil)," 22. "Who has spread out the earth as a resting place for you, and has made heaven as a canopy, and has sent down water from heaven, wherewith He brings forth fruits for your sustenance; so do not set up rivals with Allah while you know." Do Worship Allah!
In the former verses, Allah describes the statuses of three groups of people (the righteous, the disbelievers, and the hypocrites), by explaining that the righteous are inside the circle of the Divine Guidance and the Qur'an guides them; while the hearts of the disbelievers are sealed with ignorance and, because of their own deeds, their eyes are covered with negligence which has taken away their sense of perception.
And, the hypocrites are some ill-hearted people whose evil actions increase their sickness. In the verses under discussion, after that vivid comparison, the path of felicity and salvation is specified as following the path of the first group, the righteous: " O ' mankind! Worship your Lord Who created you, and those before you, so that you may guard yourselves (against evil)," What is Servitude and Worship?
The word 'servitude' in lexicon means: 'the condition of subjection, submissiveness and obedience of a slave to a master'. Worship is the utmost aspect of submissiveness to the One Who is at the highest degree of virtue, kindness, benevolence, and magnanimity. That is why He has distinctly commanded: "...That you worship none but Him,... " (Surah Al-Asra, No.17. verse 23) The person who has a little understanding can apply his intellect to know himself and his own Lord.
When he recognizes himself, the one who has been considered the noblest creature, he will know his own Lord and Cherisher, too. This is a popular tradition that the person who after knowing himself, would know his Lord and Cherisher by that recognition. Then, as it is said, the key to the recognition of Allah is the recognition of one's self.