Whoever recognizes the claims of the Imams based on sound...

Whoever recognizes the claims of the Imams based on sound knowledge and insight will taste the sweetness of faith and come to know the luminous and beautiful visage of Islam. For God has appointed the Imams to be His proof among men and their guide; has placed on their heads the crown of sublimity and leadership; caused the light of His own splendor to shine on their beings; and sustained and supported them with inexhaustible heavenly power.

It is only by means of causes that God's grace reaches His servants and God does not accept men's knowledge of Himself except by means of their recognition of the Imam. ( 161 ) "The Imam is versed in all the complexities problems and metaphoric aspects of revelation and he is…