What is the purpose of the creation? Why did Allah create us and send us to this world?

That`s a very easy question because Allah has Himself answered it in the Holy Quran.
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
I did not create jinn and humans except to worship Me. [Az Zariyat 51: 56]

One of the greatest attributes of Allah is wisdom, and one of His greatest names is al-Hakim (the most Wise). It should be noted that He has not created anything in vain; exalted be Allah far above such a thing. Rather He creates things for great and wise reasons, and for sublime purposes. Those who know them know them and those who do not know them do not know them. Allah has stated that in His Noble Book, where He says that He has not created mankind in vain, and He has not created the heavens and the earth in vain. Allah says:

أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ
Did you think that We had created you without any purpose and that you would never return to Us for accountability?
فَتَعَـٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْكَرِيمِ
Therefore, exalted be Allah, the Real King; there is no god but Him, the Lord of the Honourable Throne. [Al Mu`minun 23: 115, 116]

Just as it is proven that there is wisdom behind the creation of man from the standpoint of shari’ah (Islamic law), it is also proven from the standpoint of reason. The wise man cannot but accept that things have been created for a reason, and the wise man regards himself as being above doing things in his own life for no reason, so how about Allah, the Wisest of the wise?

Hence the wise believers affirm that there is wisdom in Allah’s creation, and the disbelievers deny that. Allah says:
إِنَّ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱخْتِلَـٰفِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ
For sure, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day there are signs for men of understanding.

ٱلَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ ٱللَّهَ قِيَـٰمًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَىٰ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَـٰذَا بَـٰطِلًا سُبْحَـٰنَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ
Those who remember Allah while standing, sitting, and lying on their sides, and meditate on the creation of the heavens and the earth. Then cry out:” Our Rabb! You have not created this in vain. Glory to You! Save us from the punishment of Fire. [Al ‘Imran 3: 190, 191]

This has made it abundantly clear that we have been created for the sole worship of Allah alone.

But then there is another important question that springs up, “Why does Allah ask us to worship him?”

In sha Allah over the coming days we will tackle this very important question.