Here is the video link.
The main point talks about how Satan decieves a person into believing that he or she does not worship anything other than Allah. The problem is the person is unknowingly worshiping many things. Such as: Him or herself, pride, money, appearances, sex, and other things of this or a similar category.
The questions arise, what is "worship" and how does a person worship something? Whether knowingly or not knowlingly. How would answers to these questions be of credibility and of value? What is Islam's perspective on this?
The pre-installed Macbook dictionary defines worship as:
Part of the questions is answered here, the islamic part I believe is not answered, yet inshallah. But if you brake down the definition this is what it looks like:
1) "The feeling or expression"
2) "of reverence and adoration"
3) "for a deity."
The first part refers to a notion that's initiated internally within someone in a form of an external projection. This can be based on a reaction or instinct. A pure reaction occurs when someone is influenced by something in their environment, whereas a pure instinct-action generates from an untainted inborn drive, like the will to eat. The bottom line is that a 'feeling or expression' in relevance to the definition of 'worship' is when some sort of (spiritual and/or physical) action is transmitted from (point A) the worshiper to (point B) the worshiped.
The second part basically means 'of deep respect and deep love' according to the same dictionary used before.
Deep respect and deep love can be felt or expressed towards an object(whether living or inanimate) as well as a concept. For example, someone may love and respect an object like a car. That person loves the car becuase it generates positive feelings. The person may like the way it looks, performs, and how it presents itself and the person along so accordingly. Something like that beloved car is driven for happiness and serenity and is kept safe from threats, obstacles, and misusage.
A person may also love and respect a concept deeply, such as towards a code of conduct. Many people abide by a certain conduct. People who have been successful in sustaining that way of life have invested much determination and a lot of personal effort. Those people at heart retain deep love and deep respect for the way they lead their lives. Such a code of conduct is there to ultimately acheive happiness and serenity and is protected from threats, deterrents, and abuse.
The break down so far of the definition of the word 'worship' is thus a spiritual and/or physical action of deep respect and deep love is transmited in order to yeild happiness and serenety whether immediately or collectively. That's a pretty long yet logical sentence. Though the embodying idea is incomplete, so where is the action of deep respect and deep love being transmited to?
The third part of the definition answers the previous question with "for a diety".
Therefore it is clear, there is a relationship between the worshiper (point A) and the worshiped (point B). That relationship is somewhat like a business transaction, where the worshiper offers a commodity of deep respect and deep love to the worshiped in exchange for some happiness and serenity.
All of the previous examinations conclude complete definition of the word 'worship', due to the added help of breaking down its original definition which was mainly this:
"The feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity"
The evolved definition of the word 'worship' has become, long yet simple enough, this:
1) When an instinct or a reaction
2) in the form of a spiritual and/or physical action
3) of deep respect and deep love
4) is transmited from a worshiper
5) to a worshiped diety
6) in exchange for happiness and serenity
7) whether immediately or collectively.
In the begining of this article, it was stated that a person is decieved by Satan to knowingly or unknowingly worship other things besides Allah. "Satan's deception" and "knowingly worshiping other than Allah" are not really the point of interest here but what is interesting is whether a person is capable of unknowingly worshiping other things besides Allah like one's self, pride, money, appearances, sex, and other things of this or a similar category.
So in order to put the previous statement to a test one more tiny definition break down of the word 'diety' is necessary to achieve a valid test-like template or format. Withal, the second part of the definition points out a 'diety' is a 'divine status, quality, or nature', and according to the same dictionary divine is:
Focusing more on the second part, 'divine' is something that is excellent and delightful in status, quality or nature. Whence, A diety is something of a nature that is extremely good and brings great pleasure. Thanks to Allah, this eventual break down fits pretty well with the evolved definition of the word 'worship' specifically in part 5 and part 6. Thereby if we allow the definition to evolve even more it would flow like so:
The word 'worship' is an act. It is the product of an instinct or a reaction because it is either motivated by an inborn drive or by a factor of an environment. Whichever way it was produced, it is nothing less than an emotion of deep respect and deep love. This intense emotion can be expressed internally via a spiritual action or expressed externally via a physical action. This unique action is presented to nothing except something of a nature that is extremely good and brings great pleasure.
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