Originally Posted by
hmorrar
for what I know there are only 3 purposes for them
1- A guard against the Jinn that try to steel hearing from angels of the skies
37:7 (For beauty) and for guard against all obstinate rebellious evil spirits
2- For the perfection and beauty of creation for us to see and think of
67:5 (Asad) And, indeed, We have adorned the skies nearest to the earth with lights, [4] and have made them the object of futile guesses for the evil ones [from among men]: [5] and for them have We readied suffering through a blazing flame –
3- As a means of transportation to be lead with and find the path
16:16 (Asad) as well as [various other] means of orientation: for [it is] by the stars that men find their way. [12]
I dont' think from Quran and Sunnah there are any other purposes, I will recheck however