Worship Is Servility Because God Is Immanent

By Sumit Paul, New Age Islam 24 June 2025 "God says, “And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me” (Quran 51:56). Why would God make such a self-aggrandizing statement? Is that the only purpose of God's creations? " ----- Yes, Dr Ghulam Saheb. This seems to be a megalomaniac (Semitic) god's sole objective. He created angels, jinn and humans to worship him. If a fictional god/Allah really said this, it certainly degrades him. I've been reiterating that this is a human trait to expect complete submission from his fellow humans. Why is this Semitic god so narcissistic and obsessed with himself? He creates all these creatures like angels, jinn, humans, among others and then forces them to worship him only and if they worship some other god or gods, they'll be roasted in hellfire. Can any sane person believe in this utter nonsense? Unless a brain intoxicated and deluded by religio-scriptural crap and mumbo-jumbo, will believe in this claptrap. The so-called omnipotent and omniscient god who has created all the creatures will never expect that those creatures must genuflect before him. This is the nature of a tribal god. We know that during Muhammad's era, there were numerous tribes and each tribe had its deity demanding unquestioning submission. Muhammad integrated those warring tribes into a cohesive unit and endowed his Allah with the basic attributes of all the tribal gods/deities. That's why, Islam still appears to be a desert faith that seriously lacks sophistication. Agreed, all man-made religions are unsophisticated, but Islam is even more rough and corrugated. Compare it with Eastern faiths. Nowhere do you come across that god is dictating his followers to worship him. Raman Maharshi says, " God doesn't need to be worshipped. He's to be experienced." Sri Aurobindo says, " Worship is servility because god is immanent. Feel it within." Somewhere, all three Semitic faiths, esp. Islam, lack subtlety and refinement of Eastern spiritual consciousness. That's why the Semitic god is so demanding, totalitarian, every-wrathful, vindictive, irascible and destructive. Does mankind need such a dreadful god? Going further, does humanity need any such self-centred god whose only concern is how many times humans have offered Namaz to him? Ridiculous, isn't it? ----- A regular columnist for New Age Islam, Sumit Paul is a researcher in comparative religions, with special reference to Islam. He has contributed articles to the world's premier publications in several languages including Persian. URL: https://www.newageislam.com/spiritual-meditations/worship-servility-god-immanent/d/135968 New Age Islam, Islam Online, Islamic Website, African Muslim News, Arab World News, South Asia News, Indian Muslim News, World Muslim News, Women in Islam, Islamic Feminism, Arab Women, Women In Arab, Islamophobia in America, Muslim Women in West, Islam Women and Feminism