485. Is worship a necessity for a needless God?

Verses (2:263, 2:267, 3:97, 3:182, 4:131, 6:133, 10:68, 14:8, 22:64, 27:40, 29:6, 31:12, 31:26, 35:15, 39:7, 47:38, 57:24, 60:6, 64:6, 112:2) of the Quran say the Almighty is not a destitute or needy.The most important aspect of Islamic ideology is ‘God is not indigent’ and is devoid of needs. And Islam emphatically denies the designation of God to any needful entity.

People are deceived in the name of God and religion, because they fail to realize the fact that God is needless.

People continue to deceive themselves in spite of the fact that whatever is offered in the name of God is surreptitiously consumed by the go-in-between God and man, the votive offerings made, are again for the benefit of the same. Similarly, when a person of a particular religion poses himself as a god man, people erroneously consider him to possess attributes of God. The reason for man to believe a human possesses attributes of God in spite of him witnessing the same human eating and sleeping like him is his refusal to believe God is devoid of any physical or biological or physiological needs like a man.

This ideology in Islam protects people from being deceived in the name of God and religion.

Some may raise a question as to what makes God of no need to expect people to worship Him.

God cannot be considered as who has needs, just because we worship Him and slaughter animals in his name. If the people of the whole world sit together and take a decision not to worship God He stands nothing to lose.

And if the same people decide to worship Him wholeheartedly, it does not in any way affect the image of God. There is a hadith reflecting this concept. 

Book: Muslim 5033 

Allah’s commandment to fulfill all the obligatory duties by man without fail, does not translate into benefits for God, but to his own good.

When we advise a person to involve himself in a particular activity for his own good, it does not mean that we gain from those activities

If a person stresses the need for his son to get good credits in his forthcoming educational examinations or encourages him to come out victorious in his sports endeavors, nobody will think it is being done for the father’s benefit.

There can at least be a hidden expectation from the father, that he might take care of him in his final days. 

The obligatory duties by man to God does not result in any kind of such returns as expected by Him. Hence commandments by the Almighty for fulfillment of man’s obligatory duties towards Him cannot be construed as a necessity for God.