Bismillah
Quote:The Empires fall into three areas: Religious, Political and Economic, each of which can liberate or enslave the individual, but more often they are enslaving people to fear, pride or greed. To be an individual, and free of the Empires intellectually, is the journey of faith. (at least that is what I have discovered thus far.)
When God rules over everyone, the Empires will be unnecessary.
Salam Steve
Excellent point and Sobhan Allah this is what Allah Called in Quran Fitrah (instinct). What u typed up there is actually the essence of Islam. This is a basic fundamental of Islam. Tawheed (believe in the Oneness of Allah).
Add to the three options, social. To be more brief what ever can create power that may drive one to run around in an effort to secure this power to retain the credit for oneself rather than Allah.
Look at the following Ayahs Steve which will explain much to u, if u dont grasp the meaning, will be more than happy to help:
"Say (O Muhammad): "Verily, my prayer, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of the Worlds." (Quran 6:162)
Thus if u don’t do what u do to Please Allah and only Allah, be it eating, marrying, working, fighting, sleeping, praying, fasting, going out for fun, yes I mean this going out for fun, visiting people… what ever is included in the word life, it will be done to please yourself which makes u enslaved as u just said but to yourself rather than to Allah.