اِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْاَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِ وَ الْجِبَالِ فَاَبَیْنَ اَنْ یَّحْمِلْنَهَا وَ اَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَ حَمَلَهَا الْاِنْسَانُؕ-

We indeed offered the trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to bear it and became afraid of it, and man bore it.

[Kanz-ul-Iman (Translation of Quran)] (Part 22, Surah Al-Ahzaab, verse 72)

In this verse, trust refers to Salah, and every such work which brings reward upon doing it, and incurs sin for not doing so. (Tafseer Jalalayn ma’ Haashiyah Saawi, Part 22, Surah Al-Ahzaab, under verse 72, juzz 5, vol. 3, p. 54) Maulana Rumi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه further states: Observe the earth, skies, and mountains; they are all strong and wondrous creations. The weight of the trust they did not carry, instead was accepted by humankind. This is the reason mankind was granted esteem above the rest of creation, and made the most honourable from it. (Fihi Maa Fihi, p. 7) Allah Almighty states:

وَ لَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِیْۤ اٰدَمَ

And We have indeed honoured the descendants of Adam.

[Kanz-ul-Iman (Translation of Quran)] (Part 15, Surah Bani Israeel, verse 70)

Maulana Rumi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه continues to beautifully discuss this topic by saying: If you say: ‘I may not perform this work (meaning, acts of worship), but I do many other things’ Then remember, man did not come into this world for other works or actions (besides the worship of Allah Almighty). This is as though:

1.   One takes a priceless sword fashioned from the most expensive of iron, which is normally only found in the treasures of a king, and