Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The meaning of the Saying of the Imams, peace be upon them, that Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, is a Thing
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن أبيه، عن العباس بن عمرو الفقيمي، عن هشام بن الحكم، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام أنه قال للزنديق - حين سأله عن الله ما هو؟ - قال: هو شئ بخلاف الأشياء ارجع بقولي شئ إلى إثبات معنى وأنه شئ بحقيقة الشيئية غير أنه لا جسم ولا صورة.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Ali bin Ibrahim bin Hashim, from his father, from Abbas bin Amru al-Fuqaymi, from Hisham bin Hakam, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said to the heretic when he asked him about what Allah is: He is a Thing different to all things. With my saying «a thing» I indicate to confirm a meaning, and that He is a Thing by the truth of Thingness, except that He is not a matter nor an image.
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