WHAT HAVE WE BEEN CREATED FOR?
May Allah continue these gatherings Inshallah. What is it that we are to do in this world? Most people are unaware of what they are doing, why they came, and why they are leaving. Allah sent us to this world so we can learn that. There, that is knowledge. Why do we exist and what are we living for? This cannot be learned immediately but slowly. That is why it says in the Hadith, “Utlubul ilma minal mahdi ilal lahdi.” Meaning, “Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.” When the baby exits the mother’s womb, it starts learning slowly and learns over time. The baby’s veil of the eye is open at the time it is first born. We think our eyes see. In fact, when the baby is a couple of months old, after fourty days that veil shuts. The eseential eye of the beholder, those things that need to be seen becomes shut. In some sort, we become blind, we become like blind to the world of truth. The other eye opens slowly and we see with it. Then it learns slowly. Their families teach some people why we came to this world. They teach their children starting from childhood. Afterwards, hocas (teachers), imams and murshids (guides) continue this task.
