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How can one respond to someone who feels wronged because they were created and compelled to exist in this worldly life, and they do not wish to exist at all, while objecting to the divine obligations that surround them with desires but forbid them, and command them to honor their parents despite their displeasure with their own existence?

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One must avoid argumentation without knowledge, as it is a sign of misguidance and speaking about Allah without right. The Quran and Sunnah have forbidden this. Allah created jinn and humans to worship Him, and this is an honor for humanity and the purpose of its existence. Whoever fails to achieve this, then animals are better than them.

Worship is Allah's right due to His attributes of Lordship, Divinity, and Perfection. It liberates humanity from worshipping others and grants the soul tranquility.

Allah's knowledge of the destinies of His creations is natural, and He does what He wills without being questioned. In the creation of man and his trials, there is a manifestation of Allah's Most Beautiful Names and His Sublime Attributes.

It is not permissible to compare the worshipper to a hired worker, for the servant is owned by Allah, and He has bestowed blessings upon them and made worship easy for them. Worship is a cause for a good life in this world and the bliss of the Hereafter.

What Allah has forbidden of desires, He has permitted what compensates for them, such as forbidding adultery and permitting marriage.

The rights of parents are great, and it is obligatory to honor them and treat them with kindness. Allah's pleasure is from their pleasure, and His displeasure is from their displeasure.

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