سورة فاطر

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Fear Allah and do not grow weary of good deeds, and do not be lazy, for indeed Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, and His Messenger (peace be upon him and his family) have no need of you or of your deeds, and you are the poor and needy toward Allah; indeed Allah wills, through His kindness, to provide a means by which He may bring you into Paradise.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): [Regarding Allah's independence, it has come in the Quran:] "And whoever is ungrateful, [does no harm to Allah] for indeed Allah is Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy" (Luqman/12). "O people! You [all] are in need of Allah; and it is Allah alone who is Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy" (Fatir/15). "And your Lord is Self-Sufficient, Merciful" (An'am/133). "Allah is Self-Sufficient and you are all needy" (Muhammad/38). Abd al-Malik ibn Abi al-Awja said to "al-Taqi": "Do you claim that Allah is Self-Sufficient?" Al-Taqi said: "Yes." He said: "In your view, is it correct that a person is called self-sufficient when at some time he had no gold or silver with him?" Al-Taqi said: "If he is self-sufficient by way of his gold, silver and trade — these are all the things by which people transact with him — then what logic is better and more fitting than to say: the Self-Sufficient is the one who brought self-sufficiency into being and by it made people self-sufficient before anything existed, rather than one who provided wealth in the form of a gift or trade [to others]." Then he said: "This is from the words of Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him)."