Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Adh-Dhaariyat, Ayah 56
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
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(I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me) to worship me; this concerns only His obedient servants; and it is also said: had Allah created them for worship, they would not have disobeyed him for a blink of an eye. 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib said: I have not created them except to command them and entrust them with legal responsibility; and it is also said that this means: I created the jinn and humankind only that they might declare My divine Oneness and worship Me.
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Al-Jalalayn Commentary
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except that they may worship Me the fact that disbelievers do not worship God does not contradict this statement since a purpose does not have to be realised in an act for it to be valid as when you may say ‘I sharpened this pencil in order to write with it’ even though you might not actually write with it.