We have mentioned this in the attributes of the soul, and that God has appointed means for it due to His knowledge that it does not cease, for if it were to cease, the soul would cease to exist. This is a self-description of it. Do you not see how the world of scholars and the ruler of the wise was able to ask for well-being and command it?

He said: If you ask God, ask Him for well-being. If you are the people of affliction, then you have asked for well-being, and if you are the people of well-being, then you have asked for its continuity .