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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Concept of Servitude in Islam The Psychological Motives For Worship The concept of servitude and submission to Allah the Exalted in man's soul is founded on a psychological bases, which enlivens the idea of servitude and grants it vitality and a spiritual and conscious force that urges man to cling to Allah and be connected to Him.

These psychological roots and the resultant deep inner feelings, are: 1.LOVE AND EAGERNESS When love of Allah occupies man's mind and heart, and when it interacts with his feelings and emotions, filling his soul and conscience, it becomes devotion, a way of life, which affects the entirety of his behaviour. Its spirit is reflected in all his activities and emotions.

Thus, [ 17 ] his servitude to Allah is ingrained in his soul on the basis of love and pure eagerness for his God, in Whom he discerns every · loveable attribute; nay, more; he sees in Him the infinite perfection and the ultimate goal. Consequently, this love and eagerness towards Allah continually urges him - in the direction of his Lord, and restlessly pushes him to do whatever may bring him nearer to Him, and to try whatever may attract His approval.

By enjoying such a love, and living in this state of eagerness, man feels as if he were imbibing the most delicious pleasures of life, at the highest stages of bliss, which takes him still nearer to the proximity of his Creator, with utmost love and longing. The ways of expressing worship practiced by man through praying, fasting, fighting for the sake of Allah, invocation, etc.

cannot have their full meaning penetrate in the human soul, without its first feeling a pure love and longing for Allah. This is why the believer carries in his soul and mind the message of servitude to Allah (religion), speaks about it, is proud of it, and sacrifices for it all his wealth, comfort, himself and his kinsmen; because all these cannot be compared with the love for his Lord. This is very expressively, though briefly, described in the Qur'an: "0 you who believe!

Should any among you turns back from his religion, Allah will soon raise a people whom He loves and who love Him..." Holy Qur'an (5:54) "And those who believe, their love of Allah be more intensely..." Holy Qur'an (2:165) In the invocation of the great Prophet (s.a.w.), we find a genuine expression of the fountains of divine love and longing.