The Status of Resort to God in the Word of Imam Sajjad(a)

This article is an exposition of the Whispered Prayer of those who Hold fast Imam Sajjads, al-Sahifah al- Sajjadiyyah. Since human beings directly meet most of their needs through the casual means they have been provided with, he considers himself in need of these means. Hence he supposes that he is no need of the Cause of all causes. That is why when the divine boundless blessings are available and meet our needs, on the one hand and when we solve our problems through the seemingly natural causal means which are available on the other, we come to consider ourselves to be in no need of God. This is due to our negligence and ignorance of this reality that God the Almighty and Omnipotent supplies our needs and fulfill our wishes. For this reason, God Almighty always asks us not to rely upon apparent causal means, for these causal means are in the hand of God. Unless He wills, they can do nothing. For this reason, Imam Sajjad(S) emphasizes that we shouldnt have absolute trust to nobody but God, we are in absolute need of God Almighty.