Religion is a man

“Religion is a man. Finding that man and following that man. In the Bible, in the very beginning, it says that God was walking in the garden of Eden alongside Adam and Eve, and in the Quran it says that Allah blew from His spirit into Adam. After he blew from His spirit into Adam, he commanded the angels to prostrate down to Adam. What we get from this story is that there is this spirit, this part of God, the spirit of God that was blown, and it was sent inside creation. That spirit of God which was not born, nor does it ever die, and is everlasting, remaining in creation. That is God in creation. That is religion. To find the spirit of God and to follow it. The spirit of God went inside Adam, and then after Adam passed away (and Adam was just a veil), it went into his successor, and then his successor, and his successor, and his successor, and his successor, and is everlasting forever. So the spirit of God has many names and many veils. From his veils were Adam, Noah, Moses, Jonah and every single Prophet of Allah. All of the Prophets of Allah, they make up a part of God in creation, and God in creation is that spirit which is everlasting, from the beginning all the way to the end. The goal of religion is to find that man, that veil behind which the spirit of God is, and to prostrate. To obey. To give victory to him. That is religion.” - The Riser Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace)

“And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration." -

The Holy Qur’an, Chapter 15 (Al-Hijr), Verse 29

“Iblis said: ‘O God, pardon me from prostrating to Adam and I shall worship You like no other close angel nor Prophet Messenger has.’ God said: ‘I do not need your worship, but rather I want to be worshiped from where I want and not from where you want.’ But he still refused to prostrate, so God said: ‘Get out of it, you are impure, and verily upon you is My curse until the Day of Judgment.’” - Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 11, p. 141

“Whoever dies and doesn’t pledge allegiance to the Imam of his time has died the death of ignorance.” - Al-Aql wa Al-Jahl fi Al-Kitab wa Al-Sunnah, Mohammed Al-Reyshahri, p. 275

“O Messenger, announce that

which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allah will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allah does not guide the disbelieving people.” - The Holy Qur’an, Chapter 5 (Al-Ma’idah), Verse 67

“Whoever I am the Master of, Ali is his Master.” - Mizan Al-Hikmah (Scale of Wisdom), Mohammed Al-Reyshahri, Vol. 1, p. 138

“This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islām as religion.” - The Holy Qur’an, Chapter 5 (Al-Ma’idah), Verse 3

“Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) said to Ali (PBUH) on the night of his death, ‘O Father of Al-Hassan, bring me a pen and a paper,’ so the Messenger of Allah (PBUH & His Family) dictated his Will until he came to this position where he said: ‘O Ali, there will be twelve Imams after me and after them there will be twelve Mahdis. So you, O Ali, are the first of the twelve Imams, Allah the Exalted has named you in His heavens Ali Al-Murtada (the Content), Amirul Mo’mineen (the Prince of the Believers), Al-Siddiq Al-Akbar (the Greater Truthful), Al-Farouq Al-A’tham (the Greater Judge and Differentiator between truth and falsehood), Al-Ma’moun (the Trusted), and the Mahdi (the Guided). These names may not be attributed to other than you. O Ali, you are my vicegerent/guardian over my own family, their living and their dead, and upon my women: Whomever you kept, she shall find me tomorrow, and whomever you divorced, I am innocent of her, I will not see her and she will not see me on the Day of Resurrection. And you are my successor (Khalifa) over my nation after me. If death comes to you, hand it over to my son Al-Hassan, the righteous and benevolent. Then if death comes to him, let him hand it over to my son Al-Hussein, the martyr, the pure and murdered. If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, the master of worshipers, Dhul Thafanat (the one with hard skin on his knees) Ali. If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Mohammed Al-Baqir (the Revealer of Knowledge). If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Ja’far Al-Sadiq (the Truthful). If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Musa Al-Kathim (the Patient). If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Ali Al-Ridha (the Pleasing One). If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Mohammed Al-Thiqa Al-Taqqi (the Trustworthy, the God-Fearing). If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Ali Al-Nasih (the Advisor). If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Al-Hassan Al-Fadhil (the Meritorious). If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Mohammed the Safeguarded of the Family of Mohammed (PBUT). Those are the twelve Imams. Then there will be twelve Mahdis after him, so if death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, the first of the close ones, he has three names, one like mine and my Father’s and it is Abdullah (Servant of God), Ahmed (the Praised), and the third name is Al-Mahdi (the Guided), and he is the first of the believers.’ ” - Ghaybat Al-Toosi, Vol. 1, p. 174; Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 53, p. 148