“Say: My Lord would not care for you were it not for your prayer.

“Say: My Lord would not care for you were it not for your prayer. 25:77” This means that supplication is the only way of the relation between the servants and their Lord (Allah) and it is the only way commanded by Allah for people to have relation with Him. In other words, all of the supplications narrated form the infallible imams establish relations between the Creator and the creatures. Allah would cut His special favors if there were not these relations established.

In such cases, Allah's subjects would lose the ability to deserve Allah's favors. The Holy Qur'an calls this state “pride” ( Istikbar ) by a creature that originally has no prestige except for the prestige of being Allah's humble servant. وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمْ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ. “And your Lord says: call upon me, I will answer you; surely those who are too proud for my service shall soon enter hell abased.

40: 60” Doing such a crime by an individual is obnoxious and its insolence is inexplicable so much so that Allah has explicitly announcing that such individuals will be deprived of His favors.

As a conclusion out of these verses it can be understood that why the Holy Qur'an through different means has invited man to use supplications; for instance, the previous verse and the following verses: وَأَنِيبُوا إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَكُمْ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنْصَرُونَ. “And return to your Lord time after time and submit to Him before there comes to you the punishment, then you shall not be helped. 39:54” وَيَهْدِي إِلَيْهِ مَنْ يُنِيبُ.

“And (He) guides to Himself him who turns (to Him) frequently. 42: 13” وَمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ إِلَّا مَنْ يُنِيبُ. “And none minds but he who turns to Him again and again. 40:13” وَالَّذِينَ اجْتَنَبُوا الطَّاغُوتَ أَنْ يَعْبُدُوهَا وَأَنَابُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ لَهُمْ الْبُشْرَى. “And as for those who keep off from the worship of the idols and turn to Allah, they shall have good news.

39: 17” A cursory look at these verses reveals two points; one is the exposure to severe punishments in cases where supplication is left aside and the other is getting Allah's special care and favors if supplication is used sincerely.

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