realising the admonition one may acquire from this, I said: ‘This is the meaning of ‘اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَفِیْ خُسْرٍۙ(۲)’ Translation Kanz-ul-Iman “Indeed, mankind is surely in loss.” The life of a human is melting away, in the same fashion as ice. He who does not gather good deeds, shall be in severe harm.’ (Tafseer Kabeer, Part 30, Surah Al-Asr, under the verse 2, vol. 11, p. 278)

The purpose of life is to worship Allah Almighty

In the 27^th Juzz (part) of the Holy Quran, Surah Al-Zaariyaat, verse number 56, Allah Almighty states:

وَ مَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَ الْاِنْسَ اِلَّا لِیَعْبُدُوْنِ(۵۶)

And I have created Jinn and human beings only for this, that they should worship Me.

[Kanz-ul-Iman (Translation of Quran)] (Part 27, Surah Al-Zaariyaat, verse 56)

We come to know, that the very essence of humankind is tied together with the action of worshipping Allah Almighty. He who does not perform worship of Allah Almighty has no ties with the true sense of humanity, nor with his actual purpose of existence.

(Anwaar-e-Jamal-e-Mustafa صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم p. 323)

A  renowned Sufi, Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: If a king sends you somewhere to perform any special task, and along the way, you indulge yourself in every other thing besides the task you were appointed for by the king, until you ultimately forget your original goal; Explain, will the king be happy and pleased with you? There is no possible way he will be. In this way, man can forget every single work and action of this world, but should never forget one particular deed. What is this one deed, which he should never forget? This is mentioned in Surah Al-Ahzaab, in the 22^nd Juz, in this verse: