Did God Create Animals to Live for Food?

God, the Best of Creators, fashioned all beings in a sound and well-ordered system through His knowledge and wisdom. At a turning point in this creation, beings, through their own choice and free will, entered different paths. Along these paths, they appeared in various forms, according to their inner states. To meet their diverse needs, they chose difficult ways—in other words, they took a course contrary to the straight path, seeking to satisfy their needs, and became ensnared!

Looking at things more broadly, by overstepping their limits, they became captive to their appetites and desires. They turned the beautiful, dignified way of meeting their needs into paths that were arduous, difficult and unbeautiful!