"...If someone asks, then, what is the purpose of our existence? We respond that the purpose of our existence is to be among the abrar (the pious). But how many of us will fulfill the purpose of our existence? Very few. But that does not matter. What matters is how close we get.
There is a long distance between the ungrateful and egocentric human being who destroys the rights of all people and the abrar. The wise human being wants to fall as close to the earmark of the abrar as possible.
The point of life is not simple obedience or technical rituality so that one barely makes it to Heaven, even if just by a point. The point of life is to reach the higher attainment..."
"...What I teach my child is the minimum: that there are ideals, and that ideals matter. Even if we cannot attain those ideals, we must always aspire for them. Even if we cannot achieve a society that feeds the needy, takes care of the orphan, and liberates the disempowered...
then at a minimum we try as hard as we can so that when we meet God, we say, "God, you know I was not among the abrar, but you also know I tried my best."
That is why this chapter is known as Insan..."
That is why this chapter is known as Insan..."
- Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl
Surah 76: Al Insan | Original English Commentary and Q&A | Project Illumine
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