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Why Did God Create Human Beings At All?
(Long question)
Let me lay the foundation first.
In Islamic belief, Allah is eternal, beyond time and space.
He created time — which began with the creation of the universe.
He created space — the dimensions that hold everything we know.
He created matter and energy — through the simple command: “Kun” (Be).
Now, I am not satisfied with the statements like “He created humans to worship Him” or “He created humans to test them”.
If God is Al-Aleem (All-Knowing) and Al-Ghani (Free of all need), then He knows everything about me and yet gains nothing from me worshipping Him, or even existing in the first place. So… why create me? Why create the universe? Why create anything at all?
Why build an entire system — galaxies, life, death, angels, jinn, Judgment Day, Jannat, Jahannam — only to run a test whose outcome is already known to Him?
Some say, “Maybe God created because he wanted to see what would happen if free will was given to conscious beings.”
But that would imply God was curious — and curiosity implies not knowing, which clashes with the very definition of being All-Knowing.
And it gets even more strange when you think about how different God is from us.
We live in time. We experience things second by second — pain, joy, heartbreak, boredom, suspense.
But God is outside time. He already knows the entire timeline of every soul. There’s no suspense. No waiting. No unfolding. It’s all one eternal “now” to Him.
So I have to ask:
Is creation even interesting to God?
Because for us, it’s a journey. For Him, it’s already known.
If God doesn’t feel curiosity, thrill, suspense — and if nothing changes in Him whether He creates or doesn’t — then what’s the point?
A motive implies desire. But if you desire, that means you’re lacking something — and perfection lacks nothing.
So if Allah is truly perfect…
Why want anything at all?
Why create?
Some will say, “The purpose is for us to worship Him.”
But again — why does He want to be worshipped?
Does He need validation? (Of course not.)
And if He already knows who will pass and who will fail… then why create those who will fail at all?
And here’s where the real weight kicks in:
Islam doesn’t just say, “Some will fail.”
It says, some will fail and be in Hell forever.
Forever.
I wouldn’t wish eternal Hell even on the worst criminals. Even Hitler.
Ane the Quran isn’t vague about Hell. It’s described in terrifying, detailed, raw language. Eternal fire. Boiling water. Skin that burns and is replaced again and again. Anguish, regret, pain beyond comprehension.
And yet… Allah still created people knowing some of them would commit kufr and He will throw them in Hell? (Contradictory to his Most-Merciful definition?)
That, right there, is the paradox that haunts me.
Some say that before we were born, Allah created us temporarily and asked, “Am I not your Lord?”, and we all said yes.
But our memory was wiped to keep the test fair.
Still — if that happened, can I not opt out?
I didn’t consciously sign anything in this life. Can I cancel that ancient contract now or maybe in afterlife if I pass the test?
Can I say, “Ya Allah, I don’t even want Jannah. I just want to cease to exist”?
Would He accept that?
I’m not asking this out of arrogance. I’m asking this as a being who feels. Who thinks. Who is tired. Who doesn’t understand why this story needs to be told in the first place — especially by an Author who already knows the ending.
So again I ask:
Why did God write this story?
Why include those who are destined to burn forever?
Why demand worship if He needs nothing?
Why test if He already knows?
Why create… at all?
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Why Did God Create Human Beings At All?
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The reality is that God did it. He created the universe and then created the humans to test them and to worship Him. He will judge them on the day of Judgement. This is what he has told us in His book. This has been done, no matter we like it or not.
This is not His test of knowledge. He created all this for us and let us progress towards our end. He knows everything doesn’t conclude that it is unnecessary, because it is not for His knowledge, but for ourselves. We have to strive to reach our destination.
Of course, God did not need to do this, but He chose to do it, so He did.
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