Din as the Answer to Human Purpose

Din answers the fundamental question of why man exists, supplies an objective moral compass, and regulates every sphere of individual and collective life.

Qur'anic Evidence

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وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ

اردو: اور میں نے جنوں اور انسانوں کو صرف اپنی عبادت کے لیے پیدا کیا ہے۔

English: "And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me."

— Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:56

أَلَا بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ الْقُلُوبُ

اردو: خبردار رہو، اللہ ہی کے ذکر سے دلوں کو اطمینان نصیب ہوتا ہے۔

English: "Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allah hearts are assured."

— Surah Ar-Ra'd 13:28

تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ

اردو: نیکی اور پرہیزگاری کے کاموں میں ایک دوسرے کی مدد کرو، گناہ اور زیادتی کے کاموں میں مدد نہ کرو۔

English: "Cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression."

— Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:2

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Hadith Evidence

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الدُّنْيَا مَلْعُونَةٌ، مَلْعُونٌ مَا فِيهَا، إِلَّا ذِكْرَ اللَّهِ وَمَا وَالَاهُ، وَعَالِمًا أَوْ مُتَعَلِّمًا

اردو ترجمہ: دنیا ملعون ہے، اور جو کچھ اس میں ہے وہ بھی ملعون ہے، سوائے اللہ کے ذکر اور اس سے متعلقہ اعمال کے، اور عالم یا طالبِ علم کے۔

English: "The world and all that is in it is cursed [i.e. of no lasting worth], except the remembrance of Allah and what leads to it, and a scholar or a seeker of knowledge."

— Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2322

Fiqh note: "Farz Kifayah" is a juristic classification, not a directly quoted Hadith text. Its classical scriptural anchor is:

وَمَا كَانَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لِيَنفِرُوا كَافَّةً ۚ فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِن كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ طَائِفَةٌ لِّيَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي الدِّينِ

اردو ترجمہ: اور مومنوں کے لیے مناسب نہیں کہ سب ایک ساتھ نکل جائیں، پس ہر گروہ میں سے ایک جماعت کیوں نہ نکلے تاکہ وہ دین میں سمجھ حاصل کریں۔

English: "It is not for the believers to go forth [to battle] all together. Of every division that remains behind, a group should go forth that they may gain understanding in the religion..."

— Surah At-Tawbah 9:122 (jurists derived the Farz Kifayah principle from this verse and from cases such as the funeral prayer; "Farz Kifayah" itself is later fiqh terminology, not a Hadith wording)

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Points on the Importance of Din

• Purpose of existence and objective moral compass (Furqan).
• Regulates every sphere: individual conduct, family life, economic dealings, politics and justice under one integrated, accountable system.
• Psychological stability and accountability (Akhirah) restrain conduct even where no worldly authority is watching.
• Farz Kifayah dimension (FPSC 2025, Q.3): Din creates collective duties (funeral prayers, religious education, healthcare, judiciary, defence) which, if a sufficient number fulfil them, lift the obligation from the rest of society.
• Civilizational role: the foundation on which Islamic civilization, law and institutions were built.

CSS Exam Tips

• What is meant by Farz Kifayah? Discuss its religious and social significance and its scope in the present era. (FPSC 2025, Q.3)
• Man cannot live a balanced and meaningful life without Din. Discuss critically.
• Cross-reference: Deen vs Religion and Concept of Islam pages.

20-Mark Enrichment — Analytical Material

Core Argument

Dīn answers the questions that science, law and economics are structurally incapable of answering: why human beings exist, why they are obliged to be moral, and to whom they are finally answerable. Science describes what is; law prescribes what is enforceable; neither can establish what ought to be binding when enforcement is absent. Dīn supplies purpose, moral authority and accountability — and without those three, social order rests ultimately on power rather than on obligation.