Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · Divine Unity and Negation of Anthropomorphism
17 - حدثنا علي بن أحمد بن محمد بن عمران الدقاق رحمه الله، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي عبد الله الكوفي أبو الحسين ، قال: حدثني موسى بن عمران، عن الحسين ابن يزيد، عن إبراهيم بن الحكم بن ظهير، عن عبد الله بن جرير العبدي، عن جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام أنه كان يقول: الحمد لله الذي لا يحس، ولا يجس، ولا يمس لا يدرك بالحواس الخمس، ولا يقع عليه الوهم، ولا تصفه الألسن، فكل شئ حسته الحواس أو جسته الجواس أو لمسته الأيدي فهو مخلوق، والله هو العلي حيث ما يبتغى يوجد، والحمد لله الذي كان قبل أن يكون كان لم يوجد لوصفه كان بل كان أولا كائنا لم يكونه مكون، جل ثناؤه، بل كون الأشياء قبل كونها فكانت كما كونها، علم ما كان وما هو كائن، كان إذ لم يكن شئ ولم ينطق فيه ناطق فكان إذ لا كان.
17. `Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Imran al-Daqqaq (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Muhammad ibn Abu `Abd Allah al-Kufi Abu al-Husayn said: Musa ibn `Imran related to me on the authority of al-Husayn ibn Yazid, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn al-Hakam ibn Zuhayr, on the authority of `Abd Allah ibn Jarir al- `Abdi that All praise is for Allah who is neither sense, nor felt, nor touched, and who cannot be perceived with the five senses. He cannot be imagined. He cannot be described by tongues. Everything that can be sensed is created. And Allah is the Most High. Wherever He is searched He is found. All praise is for Allah who was before the ward `was’ (was created). The word `was’ was not there to describe Him. In fact, He was the First Being. No creator has made Him. Exalted be His Praise! Rather, He created things before they existed; therefore, they were as He made them. He knows what has existed, and what will exist. He was there when nothing was there, and when nothing could be heard. Thus, He existed when there was no existence.
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