Adh-Dhaariyaat, 51:56) It is clear,
therefore, that we are
here to worship Allah the
Almighty.
It is worth noting here,
however, that worship, or
‘ibaadah’ , in Islam does
not imply abandonment
of the life of the world
and its pleasures. It is a
comprehensive term which
includes, in addition to
such acts of worship as
prayer, fasting and the
obligatory charity (zakaat),