The sixth infallible Imam has concisely raised this point.

The sixth infallible Imam has concisely raised this point. Someone asked him to direct him toward the Creator of the universe (state reasons for His existence), the revered Imam replied thus, “Have you ever been aboard a ship?” “Yes.” “Has it ever happened that you have had a shipwreck and there was no other ship to rescue you and you didn’t know how to reach safety? (You could not rescue yourself through ordinary means).

“Yes.” “When you were desperately hopeless, did not you turn, deep in your soul, to one that would be able to save you?” “Yes, I felt that there is a power which can save me.” Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) observed, “The power toward whom you turned is God.”[^1] This demonstrates that the power toward which the stricken people turn, intentionally or otherwise, and the same power to which one returns after removing the curtains of haughtiness, egoism, reliance on other people and dependence on superficial means, is the Creator of the universe who can fulfill needs and rescue the afflicted.