“…Then you took [for worship] the calf after him [i.e., his departure], while you were wrongdoers.” Chapter 2 Al Baqarah, verse 51.
First of all, it is important to understand that the major thing which separates a human from an animal is the fact that people live by a higher moral code. If people abandoned this and simply acted on their desires then they would be no difference between them and animals. In fact, people would be worse as they possess the higher level of thinking yet, still choose to live like animals. Chapter 7 Al A’raf, verse 179:
“…They have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have ears with which they do not hear. Those are like livestock; rather, they are more astray. It is they who are the heedless.”
Secondly, whether people want to admit it or not in reality, every person is a servant of something or someone. Some are servants of others such as Hollywood executives and do whatever they command them to do even if it challenges modesty and shame. Others are servants of their relatives and friends and do whatever it takes to please them. Some adopt the worse type of servanthood by being servants of their own desires as this is the attitude of animals who generally act to please themself. The best and highest form of servant hood is being a servant of Allah, the Exalted. This is quite evident if one turns the pages of history which clearly shows that those who were the servants of Allah, the Exalted, such as the Holy Prophets, peace be upon them, were granted the highest honour and respect in this world and will be granted this in the next. Centuries have passed yet, their names are remembered as the pillars and beacons of history. Whereas those who became servants of others especially their own desires were eventually disgraced in this world and became mere footnotes in history even if they achieved some worldly status. The media barely remembers them after their pass away and swiftly move onto the next person to report on. During their lives these people eventually become sad, lonely, depressed and even suicidal as selling their souls and decency to their worldly masters did not grant them the contentment they were looking for. One does not need to be a scholar to understand this obvious truth. So if people must be servants they should be the servants of Allah, the Exalted, as lasting honour, greatness and true success lies only in this.
In addition, a muslim believes that there is none worthy of worship save Allah, the Exalted. This in reality, means that Allah, the Exalted, is the only One who is obeyed and never disobeyed. When one accepts Allah, the Exalted, as their God they will not obey anything if it leads to the disobedience of Allah, the Exalted. But the moment one obeys anything which leads to the disobedience of Allah, the Exalted, then they have corrupted their belief in His Oneness which has been warned in verse 51.
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