Rabee’ Ibn ’Aamir (radiyallaahu ’anhu) said, “Allaah has sent us to deliver whomsoever chooses, from the worship of men, to the ’uboodiyyah (worship and servitude) of Allaah. And from the narrowness of this world, to the vastness of this world and the Hereafter. And from the oppression of the (false) religions, to the justice of Islaam.” [al-Bidaayah wan-Nihaayah (7/40) of Ibn Katheer]

Concerning the Foundations of Worship