Question:
My question is whether all humans and jinn were created only to worship Allah. If so, according to Surah Al-A'raf verse 179, Allah created the majority of humans and jinn for hell. Did Allah create the majority of humans and jinns for hell. Did Allah create the majority of humans and jinns.
Answer:
In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful,
Assalamualikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,
The verse you are referring to is:
وَلَقَدۡ ذَرَأۡنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِۖ لَهُمۡ قُلُوبٞ لَّا يَفۡقَهُونَ بِهَا وَٱلۡإِنسِۖ لَهُمۡ أَعۡيُنٞ لَّا يُبۡصِرُونَ بِهَا وَٱلۡإِنسِۖ لَهُمۡ ءَاذَانٞ لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ بِهَآۚ أُوْلَٰئِكَ كَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ بَلۡ هُمۡ أَضَلُّۚ أُوْلَٰئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰفِلُونَ
There's no doubt that Allah SWT created the Jinn and Humans for the purpose of worshipping him and him alone. He also created heaven and hell to reward and punish respectively. This is our belief substantiated by Qur'an and Sunnah.
Now, coming to the verse under question,
﴿ وَلَقَدۡ ذَرَأۡنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ ﴾
(And surely, We have made for Hell) We made a share in the Fire for, we have destined for Fire
﴿ ڪَثِيرً۬ا مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِۖ ﴾
(many of the Jinn and mankind) We prepared them for Fire by their performance of the deeds. When Allah intended to create the creation, He knew what their work will be before they existed. He wrote all this in a Book, kept with Him, fifty thousand years before He created the heavens and earth. Muslim recorded that `Abdullah bin `Amr narrated that the Messenger of Allah said,
« إِنَّ اللهَ قَدَّرَ مَقَادِيرَ الْخَلْقِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِخَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاء »
(Verily, Allah decided the destination and due measurement of the creation fifty thousand years before He created the heavens and earth, and His Throne was over the water.) There are many Hadiths on this subject, and certainly, the matter of Al-Qadar is of utmost importance.
The divine decree/predestination is in fact the perfect knowledge of Allah, so he knows already where will we end up in hereafter because he knows our past and future, Allah SWT has given each and every one of us free will, whether we fulfill the purpose of our creation or allow Shaytan to lead us astray, the true reckoning will come in the Akhirah.
So Allah did not create us for the purpose of throwing us in Fire, rather through our own actions, we either earn Paradise or Hell.
وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَلَكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
Allah did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves.
And Allah knows best
Mufti Umer Farooq Saleem
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