Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The Mighty and High is Devoid of both Body and Image
9 - حدثنا علي بن أحمد بن محمد بن عمران الدقاق رحمه الله، عن محمد بن يعقوب الكليني، عن علي بن محمد، عن سهل بن زياد، عن إبراهيم بن محمد الهمداني، قال كتبت إلى الرجل يعني أبا الحسن عليه السلام: أن من قبلنا من مواليك قد اختلفوا في التوحيد، فمنهم من يقول جسم، ومنهم من يقول صورة، فكتب عليه السلام بخطه: سبحان من لا يحد، ولا يوصف، ليس كمثله شئ وهو السميع العليم - أو قال: البصير -.
9. `Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Imran al-Daqqaq (may Allah have mercy on him) said: on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ya`qub al-Kulayni, on the authority of `Ali ibn Muhammad, on the authority of Sahl ibn Ziyad, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Hamdani that I wrote to Abu al-Hasan al-Naqi (AS), informing him that some of his following have differences on the subject of Divine Unity. Some of them say that He has a body, while others say that He has an image. So He (AS) wrote to me the following in his own handwriting: “Glory be to Him who has no limit and who cannot be described! There is nothing whatsoever like unto Him; He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.” He (AS) may have said: “the All-Seeing.”
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