HOW TO FIND PURPOSE IN LIFE?

HOW TO FIND PURPOSE IN LIFE? Meaningful Existence MEDICINES are usually accompanied by leaflets explaining what illnesses they are designed to cure, how they should be used and what their basic formulae are. But, it is a tragedy that man is born into the world in such a condition that he knows neither what he is nor why he has been put here. No convenient handbook accompanies him; neither are there any signboards fixed to the summits of the mountains to give him directions or provide him with answers to his questions. Man has, in consequence, formed strange opinions about himself, the earth and the sky, being ignorant of the essential reality of life. When he examines his own being, it appears to him as an amazing accumulation of intellectual and physical powers. Yet, he did not will himself into being, nor did he play any part in the making of himself. Then he looks at the world outside of him and finds a universe of such extreme vastness, that he can neither encompass nor traverse it, nor can he count the innumerable treasures it contains. What is all this and why is it there? Where did this world start from and where will it all end? What is the purpose of this existence? He finds himself completely in the dark on these subjects. Man has, of course, been given eyes, but all his eyes can do is see the outside of things. He has intelligence, but the trouble with human intelligence is that it does not even know about itself. Up till now, man has been unable to find out how thoughts enter the human mind or how the mind functions. With such inadequate faculties, he is neither able to arrive at any sound conclusion concerning himself, nor is he able to understand the universe. Towards the above questions the Quran is presented as a book which offers knowledge concerning the realities of life. Understanding the universe on our own is just like those blind people who tried to find out what an elephant is by touching the different parts of its body. One touched its leg and thought that it was a pillar. Another felt its ear The Quran bears verbal witness to the sovereignty of God. It describes, with great force and clarity, the great, hidden, determinative force on work throughout the entire world, and gives us definitive information on those metaphysical realities, which elude the hand and the eye.