Al Mizan- Vol 36 Chapters 47-51I did not create the jinn and the humans except that they may worship Me (51: 56). The act of creation has a purpose and that purpose is worship. This means that the goal of creation is for them to be worshippers, not for God to be worshipped, as God said: except that they may worship Me. He did not say: except that I might be worshipped by them. This is because any goal, whatever it may be, is something that necessarily completes its possessor and