A big question that has remained unanswered is why we were created? What is the reason behind our existence? I asked a few people the question. Some said we were created to suffer, some said we were made to praise God.
But I say, why does God need us to praise Him? He is the lord of the universe, he has millions of angels to praise Him. Why does He want to be admired by us? We don’t even remember Him, while we create a mess all around. Did He want us to be like this or did we choose to be like this?
I think God created us to create something new. He wanted us to know the difference between right and wrong and to always choose the right. But we hardly do so. He created us as the crown of creations but we act as the most low minds. In a real sense we don’t know what we want. Maybe He created us and gave us all the freedoms to act on our own, just to see how far we will go. He didn’t force us to choose the right path but made us rational.
I have no doubt about God, I trust Him with all my heart, but there is one question that keeps on repeating in my mind: why did He create differences? Why not create all as equals, all alike? I have over the years grown to realise that He created differences to make this world a better place for all of us to dwell in.
What if we are asked to eat the same dish every day, to wear the same dress always? Wouldn’t life become boring? There would be no excitement in life. Just think how beautifully this universe is decorated and designed, how the stars are in harmony, how the mountains are so quiet even though they are so huge.
He created everyone for a purpose, but no one knows what that is. Take, for example, a painting: we often don’t know what it symbolises exactly, everyone makes assumptions about it, but only the painter knows its real meaning. Same is the case with humans: we don’t know why we were created but we just assume that maybe this, maybe that… the great question remains unanswerable.

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Shafiya Showkat