Hadith 99

iption, and the two testimonies together with the impossibility of the second from Him-azwj (existing) in the eternity’. Up to his-asws words: ‘He-azwj was a Knower when there was nothing to be known, and a Creator when there was no creation, and a Lord-azwj where there was nothing being Nourished. And that is how our-asws Lord-azwj is described, and He-azwj is Above what the describers are describing Him-azwj as’’. [112]
(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – From a number of his companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazar, and someone else from the one who mentioned it, from Amro Bin Sabit, from a man he named, from Abu Is’haq Al Sabie, from Al Haris Al Awr who said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws addressed. He-asws said: ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj Who will not be dying, nor would His-azwj Wonders cease, because He-azwj is in a State of Glory every day from the Initiation of a new creation which had not come into being before’. Up to his-asws words: ‘There isn’t an endpoint for His-azwj being First nor a limit for His-azwj being Last, nor an end-point. The One-azwj Whom time did not precede’. Up to his-asws words: ‘The first before all things, and there is no ‘before’ for Him-azwj, and the last after all things, and there is no ‘after’ for Him-azwj’. Up to his-asws words: ‘He-azwj Mastered whatever He-azwj so Intended from His-azwj creatures, from all of the shapes, not by an example which preceded to it, not did weariness enter upon Him-azwj regarding the creation of what He-azwj Created. For His-azwj Side, He-azwj Began what He-azwj Intended, Beginning it, and Desired whatever He-azwj so Intended, Desiring it upon what He-azwj Intended from the two communities of the Jinn and the people, in order for His‑azwj Lordship to be recognised by that’ – the sermon’’. [113]
Tafseer Al Furaat – From Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Fazary, by his chain from Qabeysa Al Jufy who said, ‘I entered to see Al-Sadiq-asws and there was a group in his-asws presence. I greeted and sat down, and I said, ‘Where were you (Imams-asws) before Allah-azwj Created the built sky and the spread-out earth, or darkness, or light? ’
He-asws said: ‘Qabeysa! We-asws were resemblances of light around the Throne. We-asws were glorifying Allah-azwj fifteen thousand years before He-azwj Created Adam-as – the Hadeeth’’. [114]
(The book) ‘Taweel Al Ayaat’ – It is copied from the book ‘Al Mi’raj’ of Al Sadouq, by his chain from Ibn Abbas having said, ‘I heard Rasool-Allah-saww address Ali-asws: ‘O Ali-asws! Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted existed and there was nothing (else) with Him-azwj. He-azwj Created me-saww and Created you-asws as a pair from the Noor of His-azwj Majesty. So we-asws existed in front of Throne of Lord-azwj of the worlds, glorifying Allah-azwj and extolling His-azwj Holiness, and praising Him, and extolling His‑azwj Oneness, and that was before He-azwj Created the skies and the earths’ – the Hadeeth’’. [115]
The book ‘Muqtazab’ –
‘From Salman Al-Farsi-ra having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘O Salman-ra! Allah-azwj Created me‑saww from the clearness of His-azwj Noor. He-azwj Called me-saww, so I-saww obeyed Him‑azwj. He-azwj Created Ali-asws from my-saww Noor. He-azwj Called him-asws, so he-asws obeyed Him-azwj. He‑a