It is said in the Holy Qur’an:

It is said in the Holy Qur’an:

“He hath already revealed unto you in the Scripture that, when ye hear the revelations of Allah rejected and derided, (ye) sit not with them (who disbelieve and mock) until they engage in some other conversation. Lo ! in that case (if ye stayed) ye would be like unto them. Lo! Allah will gather hypocrites and disbelievers, all together, into hell;[1]”

Allah prohibits being with those who mock His verses (sit not with them) and then He says ‘until they engage in some other conversation’, if one does not sit with them, they change the subject. This shows that their continuation of and their insistence on blasphemy and mockery depend on one’s sitting with them and listening to their words. Even this level of companionship with them makes one like them; (ye would be like unto them), and is considered hypocrisy and disbelief (Lo! Allah will gather hypocrites and disbelievers, all together, into hell).

Throughout history, the terra firma of man’s ignorance has been the playground of Satan’s invasion and he has used man as a puppet and trifled with him in matters of selfishness and self-adulation, and, in so doing, has diverted his way from heavenly guidance and interests. Consequently, man neither typically supports nor obeys heavenly divine models of government, presented by prophets, preferring to obey manmade varieties. In this way, the beginning of men’s inclination is managed and administered with the procedure (‘إصغاء’, ‘إرضاء’, and ‘إقتراف’) with the result that he obliges himself to experience the full range of governmental possibilities from the most dictatorial dogmatic to the most permissively extravagant after which, exhausted, wretched and near deranged, he prepares to extricate his ear from Satanic suggestions and listens to Divine speech, commencing the basis of his inclination to the heavenly, to disconnect from materialistic, selfish commands and self-centered people, and to join those who worship Allah. As Imam Ali (as) says, ‘the world comes and turns to us like the wild female camel’s affection towards her yearling after it has avoided and disobeyed us.[2]’

Therefore, he thinks of the holy generous government and its elements and becomes attached to it and cries out that he likes and loves it. He feels the kind and benevolent Imam’s presence and answers his call with his tired suffering feet and gets himself ready. This is the beginning of his maturity which it spoken of as the manifestation of His favor and grace, for:

“Our inclination is because of Your demand. It is The Truth’s appeal wherever the wayfarer or disciple is.[3]”

B) Social Complaint

When man is dissatisfied with the status quo but enjoys certain aspects of it to the point of complacence, no change, movement, or development for the promised ideal government happens and this shows that he is not mature or developed. If a society matures, it is not in any way satisfied with the status quo, but complains about it and tries to achieve the desired position.

So human societies, after passing difficult chasms, through which they suffered and experienced various types of unbecoming manhandling through unguided governmental methods of their own devising, become tired of themselves and what they have innovated, ultimately turning in desperation towards heaven, instead of fickle world opinion full of empty promises which result in yet more suffering, bloodshed, pain and lies, and putting their hopes in Allah, complain to the One who created the universe, and supplicate to Him.

In this way, the grounds of need for Allah and His Authority are formed in the hearts of people. Its blossoms have developed and mankind cries to Allah about sufferings, needs, the lack of the prophet and his successor. All these happen under the effect of emergency and commitment and it is in this condition that people wholeheartedly cry out for the need for Allah’s authority and successor.

D) Socially Seeking Help

When man understands his commitment and urgency and realizes that his attempts at a solution have not helped him, he turns towards Heaven and seeks the cause to unite heaven and earth, and the sentence:

 ‘where is the medium of unification of the earth and the heaven?[4]’

is cried. Then the maturity of need buds in him this can be referred to as wanting to stand on one’s own feet; for where there is a will, there is a way;

 “…that mankind may observe right measure…[5]”

So, prayer and supplicating to the One who creates existence and continually administers the universe causes deep knowledge and understanding, some of which are as follows:

1. Inclination towards the holy generous government and expressing this inclination before Allah.

2. Complaining to Allah about the status quo.

3. Supplicating and entreating Allah, the Almighty, for specific and prompt opportunity and relief. 

Thus the supplication itself is a symbol of social maturity. When societies incline towards the promised and the deliverer, complain about the status quo and supplicate to Allah, it shows that social maturity has been reached and people are freed from selfishness and self-centeredness and have become bestowed with the blessing of worship, and have become centered on Allah. The supplication and prayers have become the core and brain-ware of religious servitude;

“The prayer (Du'ah) is the brain and core of worship.[6]”

Servitude and worship that is the ultimate goal of creation and the end and climax of the development of the human being, and his maturity is formed and manifested by the brain-ware prayer. Thus, the prayer is the symbol of servitude and maturity.

In his sacred letter to Ishaq ibn Yaqub, the 12^th Imam (as) says:

“Close the door of questions that are not beneficial to you, and you are not obliged to answer them, and pray a lot for my coming, for your deliverance and relief is in this prayer[7].”

How beautifully he leads, guiding and freeing us from veering to right and left and releasing us from vain, fruitless, and misleading questions, and directing us to the main path of development and maturity! In this way, the prayer is considered one of the main duties, the brain-ware of servitude and the symbol of human maturity and it is seriously recommended to do it. For man achieves maturity thus:

“O Allah! You are praised for You do not need any creature and You deserve not to need them and You assign neediness and poverty to them and, truly, they deserve such assignment. Thus, everyone asks You for satisfying his need, and petitions You to remove his poverty; truly he asks in the foremost place and correctly follows his matter and anyone who refers to one of Your creatures for satisfying his need or sets him or her as one who can meet his need, undoubtedly, becomes disappointed and hopeless and is deprived of favor and the benevolence that is bestowed by You.[8]”

The Holy Qur’an says:

“Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): My Lord would not concern himself with you but for your prayer. But now ye have denied (the Truth), therefore there will be judgment.[9]”

It becomes clear that what values man in Allah’s estimate is prayer, servitude, and paying attention to Him. Thus, it is understood from the rest of the verse that man denied Allah, His prophets, and His verses in the past and if he does not proceed to worship Allah, he will no have position and value before Allah and the result of his denial afflicts him.

Therefore, when man is freed from problems and difficulties that are the results of denial of Truth, abandonment of worshiping Allah, and selfishness, he turns his back on self worship and turns to pray and worship of Allah, so that he will be valued and esteemed. Of course, one day this will occur, as Imam Ali (as) says:

“The world comes and turns to us like the female camel’s affection towards her yearling after it has avoided and disobeyed us.[10]”

Yes, the Imam (as) says that the world comes to us after it disobeys us like a wild female camel that becomes kind to her young animal. Thus man, after costly difficult experiences, continuous fatigue, and self-centered blind repetitions, returns to Allah and for this purpose he goes to ‘Allah’s path’, ‘pathway’, ‘figure’, and ‘Allah’s door’. As it is said:

“Peace be on that divine path that going to any other would lead to destruction[11] (meaning peace on the only way)”

“Where is that Divine door by which they enter? Where is that Divine figure to which Allah’s friends return?[12]”

“You are that stable and firm path.[13]”

“Thus, we, in attentiveness and entreaty for healing, rely only on you, the pure family of the universe.

In this way, by joining you, the pure family of the universe, our supplications, ritual prayers, fasting, and other deeds will be saved from error and mistake[14].”

This is your endless benevolence in which you want us to turn from self-centeredness to reliance on Allah with the help of abundant prayer and supplication to Him, and in this way to ask for the Mahdi’s (as) appearance. For the extensiveness of prayer, and knowledge is equal to the core and brain-ware of servitude, which is the philosophy of creation. As we read:

“The ultimate of prayer is You[15]. (You are the end of prayer)”

Thus, by praying for his coming and relief, we ask You and worship You, so that by fulfillment of relief we reach the threshold of the philosophy of relief and Divine servitude.

“Allah hath promised such of you as believe and do good works that He will surely make them succeed (the present rulers) on earth even as He caused those who were before them to succeed others; and that He will surely establish for them their religion which He hath approved for them, and will give them, in exchange, safety after fear. They serve Me. They ascribe nothing as partner to Me. Those who disbelieve, henceforth; they are the miscreants.[16]”