"The right of God upon the believer is that he knows Him. And the right of the believer upon the guardian [Wali] is that he brings him close and teaches him. And the right of the guardian upon God is that He provides him with a light from Him. And the right of God upon the guardian is that he does not precede Him with speech and does not keep a guardian distant from him."

[4] And among what we found in the book of Al-Bayan:

"God did not create the world for them to eat, drink, marry, and die. Rather, He made food and drink to preserve strength, and marriage for the development of the world and the proliferation of offspring. Instead, He created the world for them to act so that they may submit, and to know so that they may ascend."

[5] And it was narrated by Al-Hamdani from Abi Sa'id, from Ali ibn Al-Husayn, from Ibn Sinan, peace be upon him, who said:

Al-Sadiq, may His might be glorified, said: "It is obligatory upon the believer to know God so he may declare His Oneness, and to know his guardian so he may obey him, and to know his enemy so he may disassociate from him, and to