The Quran aims to revive the human society, this life which we all have is common between human life and animal life;

but there are a series of common features between the human beings and the angels which the Quran insists to lift us to that life which is common between the human being and the angel so that we also reach the level of the angel. Of course our Imams (AS) are teachers of the angels, but we are not expected to be like that; but it is possible for us to reach the level of the angels; thus it is said (in Ayah 24 of Surah Al-Anfal): “O’ those who believe, accept and respond to the invitations of God and the Prophet when you are called to that which gives you life.” Although here God and the Prophet (PBUH) are mentioned but invitation is one, God’s invitation is done by the Prophet (PBUH); invitation by the Prophet (PBUH) is the same as God’s invitation.

They want to revive us, and the invitation is for those who are alive, what keeps us alive? There is a kind of life which has been explained by Imam Sajjad (AS) in the first part of Dua in Sahifeh Sajjadiyah [1]: Others consider the human being as the talking animal; but the Quran has taught us to consider the human being as a living one who praises (God), and not the talking animal. In the same Dua, it is mentioned: O’ God, If You had not taught us to praise You (God), we would have just used your blessings; as the same society which use Divine Blessings without praising (God); You taught us to praise and thank (God) in order for us to find the human life [2].

[1] Sahifeh Sajjadiyah, Dua 1, Part 9.

[2] Part of speech by the Grand Ayatollah Javadi Amoli (6 July 2015).

Source: en.shafaqna.com