Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (as): When Allah created the intellect, He said to it, ‘Come forward’ so it came forward, then Allah commanded it, ‘Go back’ and it went back. Then He said to it, ‘By my Honour and Exaltedness, I have not created anything better than you. It is you that I command, and you that I prohibit, and you that I punish and you that I reward. al-Kāfī