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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Ahlul-Bayt; Ethical Role-Models The Divine Rights Rights vary from one to another according to values of favors. A friend has his own familiar rights that are a degree lower than these of the affectionate brother who joins the tie of relation to the tie of kindness. The right of the brother, in a like fashion, comes after that of parents, because of their superior favors to sons.

Through such standard, we can realize the grand value of the divine rights that excel any other rights, because God is the grandest Benefactor Who created man and has conferred upon him with innumerable varieties of graces: “Have you not seen that Allah has made all that is in the heavens and the earth, subservient to you (human beings), and has extended and perfected for you His apparent and unseen bounties?

(31:20).” “Had you wanted to count the bounties of Allah, you would not have been able to do it. (14:34)” Anyhow, we now have to refer to some of these infinite rights that come after the belief in God, His Oneness, His having the attributes of perfection, and His being too far above everything that does not befit Him. Worship Imam as-Sajjad (a) said: “The greatest of Allah’s right against you is that you should worship Him and should avoid associating anything with Him.

If you have applied this sincerely, Allah will grant you the characteristic that He will save your needs of this worldly life and your life to come and will keep for you that whichever you desire from the both[^1].” Semantically, worship is the utmost servility and submission. On that account, except the Grandest Benefactor God, no one deserves to be worshipped. Terminologically, worship is to carry out the orders diligently.

As a proof on the greatness of worship that leave prominent effects on man’s life is that God has made it the grand purpose beyond the creation: “We have created jinn and human beings only that they might worship Me. I do not expect to receive any sustenance from them or that they should feed Me.

It is Allah Who is the Sustainer and the Lord of invincible strength (51:56-8).” Undoubtedly, God is completely Self-Sufficient as He dispenses with the worship of His creatures neither the obedience of the pious serves Him nor does the disobedience of the defiant harm Him.