(45:13) وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُجُومًا لِلشَّيَاطِينِ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ السَّعِيرِ And certainly we have adorned this lower heaven with lamps and we have made these missiles for the Shaitans, and We have prepared for them the chastisement of burning. (67:5) لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ Man, who has been created of the best structure, must serve none other than Allah. Certainly We created man in the best make.
(95:4) وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me. (51:56) مَا أُرِيدُ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ رِزْقٍ وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ يُطْعِمُونِ *** I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me. (51:57)*** إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.
(51:58) It will be beneath the dignity and status of man to worship any being, thing or power other than Allah. The doctrine of the Unity of God is not just an article of faith. It is an important factor in man's comprehension of himself and his raison d’être. God the One, the Indivisible must be his sole Guide in his journey on this earth.
The sixth Imam explaining the Unity of God said, “The true ibaadah is for the human being to ensure that the essence of the unity of God lies between his intent and his deed. The Prophet has said, “Man's every action must incline towards Allah”. The Islamic ethical code is too vast and extensive to permit a full discussion in this course. We shall, therefore, confine ourselves to a cursory glance at a few aspects of the code of conduct.
Pursuit of Knowledge Islam regards ignorance as impure (najasah) and the acquisition of knowledge as a great act of piety. “One who has knowledge can never be equal to the one who is ignorant”. أَمَّنْ هُوَ قَانِتٌ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ سَاجِدًا وَقَائِمًا يَحْذَرُ الْآخِرَةَ وَيَرْجُو رَحْمَةَ رَبِّهِ ۗ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ۗ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ What!
He, who is obedient during hours of the night, prostrating himself and standing, takes care of the hereafter and hopes for the mercy of his Lord! Say: Are those who know and those who do not know alike? Only the men of understanding are mindful.