Hadith 89

(The book) ‘Nahj Al Balagah’ – It is reported by Mas’ada Bin Sadaqa, ‘From Al-Sadiq Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws addressed with this sermon upon the pulpit of Al-Kufa, and that is because a man had come to him-asws and said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! Describe our Lord-azwj to us to we can increase for Him-azwj love and recognition’. He-asws was angered and called for the congregational Salat. The people gathered to him‑asws to the extent that the Masjid was filled with its people. He-asws ascended the pulpit and he‑asws was angry, changed of colour. He-asws praised Allah-azwj the Glorious and Send Salawaat upon the Prophet-saww. Then he-asws said: ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj Who the prevention does not enrich Him-azwj nor is He-azwj impoverished by the giving and the generousity when all besides Him-azwj who give are reduced, and every preventer is condemned apart from Him-azwj, and He-azwj is the Benefactor with the beneficial bounties and increasing awards and the distributions. His-azwj creatures are His-azwj dependants. He-azwj Guarantees their sustenance and Determines their subsistence. He-azwj has Prepared the way of the ones desiring to Him-azwj and the seekers of what is with Him-azwj. And He-azwj isn’t any more generous with what He-azwj has been asked for than He-azwj is with what He-azwj has not been asked for. The First Who, there did not happen to be any ‘before’, so there would be something before Him-azwj, and the Last Who, there isn’t any ‘after’ for Him-azwj so there would be something after Him-azwj. The Repeller of the sights of the people from perceiving Him-azwj or realising Him-azwj. The time does not change upon Him-azwj so He-azwj would be of a different state from it, nor does He-azwj exist in a place so the transfer would be allowed upon Him-azwj. And if He-azwj were to Gift whatever the mines of the mountains exhale on His-azwj behalf, and the pearls of the oceans were to rise on His-azwj behalf, metal ores, and the pure gold, and the scattering of the jewels, and cuttings of the corals, that would have not impact in His‑azwj Generosity, nor would it deplete the vastness of what is with Him-azwj. But with Him-azwj are treasures of bounties what the demands of the people cannot deplete because He-azwj is the Generous One Whom the begging of the beggars does not blink Him‑azwj nor does the insistence of the insisting ones Make Him-azwj stingy. So look, O you questioner! Whatever the Quran of His-azwj attributes the Quran points upon, suffice with it and be enlightened by the light of its guidance. Whatever the Satan-la encumber you of its knowledge, from what is neither in the Book is it’s obligation upon you, nor is there any trace of it in the Sunnah of the Prophet-saww and the Imams-asws of guidance, so leave its knowledge to Allah-azwj the Glorious, for that desisting is a Right of Allah-azwj upon you. And know that the ones immersed in the knowledge, those who are needless from storming the barriers struck beside the unseen matters, do acknowledge wit