Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · Divine Unity and Negation of Anthropomorphism
30 - حدثنا أحمد بن زياد بن جعفر الهمداني رضي الله عنه، قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن أبيه، عن القاسم بن يحيى، عن جده الحسن بن راشد، عن يعقوب بن جعفر، قال: سمعت أبا إبراهيم موسى بن جعفر عليهما السلام، وهو يكلم راهبا من النصارى، فقال له في بعض ما ناظره: إن الله تبارك وتعالى أجل وأعظم من أن يحد بيد أو رجل أو حركة أو سكون، أو يوصف بطول أو قصر، أو تبلغه. الأوهام، أو تحيط به صفة العقول أنزل مواعظه ووعده ووعيده، أمر بلا شفة ولا لسان، ولكن كما شاء أن يقول له كن فكان خبرا كما أراد في اللوح .
Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja'far al-Hamdani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: He said: Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim reported from his father, from al-Qasim ibn Yahya, from his grandfather al-Hasan ibn Rashid, from Ya'qub ibn Ja'far, who said: I heard Abu Ibrahim Musa ibn Ja'far al-Kadhim (as) speaking to a Christian monk. He said to him in some of their debate: “Indeed, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, is too exalted and greater to be confined by a hand or foot or movement or stillness, or to be described by height or shortness, or to be comprehended by imaginations, or to be encompassed by the qualities of minds. He revealed His exhortations, promises, and warnings, commanding without lips or tongue, but as He willed to say ‘Be,’ and it was a decree as He intended in the Tablet.”
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