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We praise Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, we send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad

salallahu alayhi wa sallam, his household, his companions.

We ask Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala to bless them to grant everyone of us goodness. My brothers and sisters,

if you were to look at the reason behind the creation of mankind, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala mentions a few things

primarily. He says,

I have not created mankind or jinn kind except for them to worship me, for them to worship Allah

Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Primarily that's the purpose of creation. Now people might have questions. Those

questions will be answered by Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala the day we meet him. What I know, what you know is

I am here now and I did not choose to be here. Someone put me here. None of us chose to be here.

Someone put us here. We will also not choose to die. He will take us back when the examination is over

because one of the other purposes is to be able to worship Allah through the tests that he puts us

through in our lives. This is why nobody's life ever has been free of tests. You need to think

about what I just said. Listen to what Allah says.

Does mankind think that it's sufficient for him to just say that you know we are believers or for

mankind to say we are believers and then it's okay. I say I'm a believer and I'm not going to be

tested. Allah says does man think we're not going to test him. We will definitely test him just

like we tested those before him in order to distinguish who has passed the test, who was truthful

and who was not truthful. You say you believe, okay. We're going to give you things. Do you still

believe? Has it humbled you? Has it brought you closer to us? If it has, Alhamdulillah good for you.

Nothing was decreased from the kingdom of Allah. In one Hadith the Prophet Salah

said, if everybody had to ask Allah what ever they wanted from the beginning of mankind to the end

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