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Just as the servant is always in need of Allah to help him, answer his supplication, grant his requests, and fulfill his needs, he likewise needs Him in order to know what is good for him and what he should seek and desire. This is what commands, prohibitions, and the revealed Law concern. Otherwise, if the need he sought and desired is fulfilled but is not in his best interests, it harms him, even if it brings him immediate pleasure and benefit. What matters is pure benefit, or benefit that outweighs harm. Allah has made this known to His servants through His messengers and His scriptures.

The messengers taught and purified them, commanded them to do what benefits them, and forbade them from doing what harms them. They explained to them that Allah alone, with no partner, must be the One they seek, the goal they pursue, and the One they worship, just as He is their Lord and Creator. If they abandon His worship or associate others with Him, they will suffer manifest loss and go far astray. Whatever strength, knowledge, standing, wealth, or other things they have been given will then harm them—even though they depend upon Allah for these things, seek His help with them, and acknowledge His Lordship. Theirs will be an evil destination and a wretched abode. This is the concern of the religious command prescribed in the revealed Law and of the religious will