Hadith 99

into being did not increase the Knowledge. His-azwj Knowledge of these before their coming into being is the same as His-azwj Knowledge after their coming into being. Up to his-asws words: ‘The First, the Samad, the Terminator of the time which does not cease, and His-azwj Oneness will not cease to be, being before the beginning of the times and after the implementations of the Commands’ – the Hadeeth’’. [109]
(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – And from h im, from Muhammad Bin Abu Abdullah, raising it, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws said to Zi’lab: ‘My-asws Lord-azwj is the Subtle of the subtleness. He-azwj cannot be described by the subtlety. He-azwj was before all things. It cannot be said a thing was before Him-azwj’. Up to his-asws words: ‘Neither does a place contain Him-azwj, nor does the times enclose Him‑azwj, nor do the attributes limit Him-azwj, nor do the slumbers seize Him-azwj. His-azwj Being precedes the time, and His-azwj existence (precedes) the nothingness, and His-azwj eternality (precedes) the beginning. Up to his-asws words: ‘He-azwj separated between the ‘before’ and ‘after’ in order for it to be known that there is neither a ‘before’ for Him-azwj nor an ‘after’ for Him-azwj. The instincts testify that there is no instinct for the One-azwj Who Created the instincts. It is informed by the creation of time that there is no time for the One-azwj Who Created time. He-azwj Veiled some from the others in order for it to be known that there is no veil between Him-azwj and His‑azwj creatures. He-azwj was Lord-azwj when there none being nourished, and a God-azwj when there were no worshippers, and a Knower when there was nothing to be known, and a Hearer when there was none to be heard’’. [110]
(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – From Ali Bin Muhammad, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Shabab Al Sayrafi, from Ali Bin Sayf Bin Ameyra, from Ismail Bin Quteyba, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws addressed the people at Al-Kufa. He-asws said: ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj, the Inspirer of His-azwj servants to Praise Him-azwj, and Natured them upon the recognition of His-azwj Lordship, the Indicated upon His-azwj Existence by His-azwj creation and by the newly occurring creation of His-azwj (Indicating) upon His‑azwj eternality’. Up to his-asws words: ‘And there is neither a time factor for His-azwj existence nor any end-point to His-azwj remaining’’. [111]
He said, ‘And it is reported by Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Salih Bin Hamza, from Fatah Bin Abdullah, a slave of the clan of Hashim-as, said, ‘I wrote to Abu Ibrahim-asws (7th Imam-asws) asking him-asws about something from the Tawheed (Oneness). So he-asws wrote to me in his-asws own handwriting: ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj, the Inspirer of His-azwj servants to praise Him-azwj’. And he mentioned similar to what Sahl has reported, up to his-asws words: ‘The first (matter) to make a Religion with is to recognise Him-azwj, and the perfection of His-azwj recognition is His-azwj Tawheed (Oneness), and the perfection of His-azwj Tawheed (Oneness) is the negation of the descriptions from Him-azwj by testifying that every description, it is other than the described, and the testimony of the describer that He-azwj is other than the descr