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quran:51:56 –

And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.  

And I did not create the jinn and mankind except that they may worship Me: the fact that disbelievers do not worship ˹God˺ does not contradict this ˹statement˺, since a purpose does not have to be realised ˹in an act, for it to be valid˺, as when you may say: ‘I sharpened this pencil in order to write with it’, even though you might not actually write with it.
القرآن:٥١:٥٦ –

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ  

{وما خلقت الجن والإنس إلا ليعبدون} ولا ينافي ذلك عدم عبادة الكافرين، لأن الغاية لا يلزم وجودها كما في قولك: بريت هذا القلم لأكتب به، فإنك قد لا تكتب به.

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