You did not come to me because you are not in need for me out of your power...

You did not come to me because you are not in need for me out of your power, and I will not come to you because I am not in need for you out of my satisfaction[^8].” Al-Mansour, the Abbasid caliph, wrote a missive to Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (a): “Why do you not visit us like the others?” The Imam answered: “We do not have any worldly pleasure that we anticipate you to stop, nor do you have any matter of the world to come for us that we expect to gain from you, nor are you enjoying bliss on which we should congratulate you, nor are you suffering a misfortune for which we should console you.” Al-Mansour wrote: “You may accompany us so that you will advise us.” The Imam answered: “He who seeks the worldly pleasures will not advise you, and he who seeks the world to come will not accompany you[^9].” [^1]: Quoted from al-Wafi; part 3 page 79 (quoted from al-Kafi).

[^2]: Quoted from al-Wafi; part 3 page 78 (quoted from al-Kafi). [^3]: Quoted from al-Wafi; part 3 page 79 (quoted from al-Kafi). [^4]: Quoted from al-Bahaai; al-Kashkul page 371. [^5]: Al-Khalil ibn Ahmed al-Farahidi was the founder of prosody and the compiler of the best Arabic-Arabic dictionary; namely Kitab ul-Ayn. [^6]: Quoted from Safinat ul-Bihar; part 1 page 426. [^7]: Quoted from Safinat ul-Bihar; part 1 page 483 [^8]: Quoted from Safinat ul-Bihar; part 2 page 451.