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[quote]Salaam

[quote] "I created not the Jinn and the mankind (for nohing) but that they must worship Me." (51:56)

Some may then question But why? If you say, just to worship Him, another question comes up: Why to worship Him? What does He want to do with worship anyway? Someone may say to know Him, i.e. we worship Him to know Him. Rather, it should be the other way around: We must know Allah in order to worship Him. This has been confirmed by many Qur’anic verses, one of them is the following:  [/quote]

Fair enough at least you are trying to address the question.
 
 [quote] Know, therefore, that there is no god but God, and ask forgiveness for thy fault, ...(47:19) [/quote]

The difficulty with this is that...for example if I have a fault then whose fault is it.
Lets simplify it further if you buy a faulty car. Then is it the fault of the car or its manufacturer (for the sake of not being sidetracked lets assume it is a brand new car).

[quote] You see here that knowledge is highly stressed upon, for man to know about his Lord. Allah also says:
There is no god but He: That is the witness of God, His angels, and those endued with knowledge, standing firm on justice. There is no god but He, the Exalted in Power, the Wise. (3:18) [/quote]

The knowldge regarding God varies depending on your source.  However I am not clear as to your point.

[quote] So, you see, knowledge gives rise to strong faith and true awareness about the Divine Entity. [/quote]

Again I am not clear what you mean. 
If by knowldge you mean Science, philosophy, literature etc then in my experience (strictly my own-not based on any statistical facts) many knowldgeable people reject existance of a God. 
If however by this you mean knowldge in religious books then you will again find diverse views...many with extensive knowldge will reject existance of a God. Others will have strong faith but not necessarily the same religion...which will often be determined by their own background. Then there is a small minority who will change their faith based on their worldly experience. This change applies to all faiths e.g I know non Muslims who have converted to Islam and I also know of muslims who have converted to Christianity.
Knowldge does not necessarily = strong faith. You could even argue that each day our knowldge increases but belief in God appears to be heading in the opposite direction.

Raushan no offence intended. I would appreciate some seriousouly thought out answers not knee jerk reaction to prove our prejudices.

regards[/quote]

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