You are they who stand in need of Allah...

You are they who stand in need of Allah, and Allah is He Who is the Self-Sufficient, the Praised One. [^8] Verily, faith in His Oneness and that every being is from Him, due to Him and will return to Him, is summarised in three sentences: There is no god but Allah; There is no power and no strength except Allah; And to Allah all things return. [^9] Fortunate is he who remembers these pure words constantly, and sleeps and wakes with them, and lives and dies upon them.

Thus, he will succeed in reality: Surely we belong to Allah and to Him we shall surely return. [^10] The Effect of Divine Unity on Man and Society Amongst the effects that occur when mankind reaches the reality of Divine Unity, is that the thinking and intent of an individual and society must focus on one goal. There is no goal higher than that. In fact, there is no other goal but: Say: I exhort you only to one thing, that rise up for Allah's sake in twos and singly.

[^11] Even when the focus of the rays of the human soul is on nonessential points, it can do amazing things. However, if the rays of the human soul in thinking and intent focused on one reality, which is the beginning and the end of existence, and the Light of the heavens and the earth , [^12] then to what stage will this man achieve?

If the individual and the society reach the status, concerning which the Glorified and Exalted says: Surely I have turned myself, being upright, wholly to Him Who originated the heavens and the earth, and I am not of the polytheists, [^13] then through their connection with Allah and moulding with Allah’s ethics, they will become such a source of goodness, privilege and perfection that cannot be described.

To end this discussion, we will mention the word which is a fort of Allah for protection from the wrath of this world and the hereafter. Abu Hamzah reported on the authority Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) saying: There is nothing greater in reward than testifying that: There is no god but Allah [La ilaha illa Allah], because nothing equals Allah, the Mighty and High, and nobody shares His Power.

[^14] From this tradition, we conclude that just as there is no equal or associate with Allah, the Exalted, in His Command; similarly, there is no deed equal to the testimony: there is no god but Allah [La ilaha illa Allah]. Likewise, there is nothing equal in reward for this deed. Indeed, the verbal testimony there is no god but Allah [La ilaha illa Allah], protects the soul, wealth and honour in this world.