The Book of Divine Unity · Hadith 309 (#Ḥadīth #2)

2 - أبي رحمه الله، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، قال: حدثنا محمد بن عيسى عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن عمرو بن شمر، عن جابر بن يزيد، قال: سألت أبا جعفر عليه السلام عن قوله عز وجل: ﴿أفعيينا بالخلق الأول بل هم في لبس من خلق جديد﴾ قال: يا جابر تأويل ذلك أن الله عز وجل إذا أفنى هذا الخلق وهذا العالم وسكن أهل الجنة الجنة، وأهل النار النار جدد الله عالما غير هذا العالم وجدد خلقا من غير فحولة ولا إناث يعبدونه ويوحدونه، وخلق لهم أرضا غير هذه الأرض تحملهم، وسماء غير هذه السماء تظلهم، لعلك ترى أن الله إنما خلق هذا العالم الواحد، وترى أن الله لم يخلق بشرا غيركم، بلى والله لقد خلق الله ألف ألف عالم، وألف ألف آدم أنت في آخر تلك العوالم وأولئك الآدميين.

2. My father said: Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah said: Muhammad ibn `Isa said, on the authority of al-Hasan ibn Mahbub, on the authority of `Amr ibn Shimr, on the authority of Jabir ibn Yazid that I asked Abu Ja`far al-Baqir about the Word of the Mighty and High: He said: O Jabir! After Allah, the Mighty and High, destroys this creation, placing the people of Paradise in Paradise, and the people of Hell in Hell, He will recreate another world different from this one without men or women, to serve Him and profess His Unity. He will create for them an earth different form this one. And He will create for them a firmament different from the earth to give them shade. Perhaps you think that Allah only created this world, and that Allah has not created other beings than you. No, certainly not. Allah has created millions of worlds, and millions of human creations.‬‬ ‫‪And you re the last of those worlds, and the last of those beings.‬‬ ‫‪ 3. Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Qittan said: Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Zakariyya said: Bakr ibn `Abd‬‬ ‫‪Allah ibn Hubayb said, on the authority of Tamim ibn Buhlul, on the authority of Nasr ibn‬‬ ‫‪Muzahim al-Minqari, on the authority of `Amr ibn Sa`d, on the authority of Abu Mikhnaf Lut ibn‬‬ ‫‪Yahya, on the authority of Abu Mansur, on the authority of Zayd ibn Wahab that‬‬ The Commander of the Faithful `Ali ibn Abu Talib was asked about the Omnipotence of Allah, Exalted and Glorified be He. Therefore, he stood up, delivered a sermon praising and exalting Allah. He then said: Verily, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has created angels that are so enormous that they cannot fly down to the earth due to the sheer size of their numerous wings. Among them is an angel that is so huge that even if jinn and humankind worked together to describe him, they would be unable to do so due to the distance between its joints and the beauty of its composed image. How can one be described which has seven hundred years of distance between its shoulders and its earlobes? Among them is one who obstructs the horizon with one of its many wings without the complete enormity of its body. Among them is one who is so tall that the heavens merely reach his waist. And among them is one whose feet float in the atmosphere and its knees reach the earth. There is also an angel who is so huge that all of the water on earth would fit in the cavity of his thumb. There is also one who is so hug that if ships were cast into the tears of its eyes, they could sail for the rest of eternity. Blessed is Allah, the Best of the Creators. He was questioned about the veils, so he answered, The first of the veils are seven in number. The thickness of each veil is five hundred years of travel. And the distance between the two veils is the distance traveled in five hundred years. The third veil is composed of seventy veils. Between each veil is the distance traveled in five hundred years. The length of each veil is five hundred years of travel. There are seventy thousand angels acting as the gatekeepers for every veil. The strength of each one of these angels is equal to the strength of all the jinn and men. They are the source of darkness, light, fire, smoke, clouds, lightning, rain, thunder, glow, sand, mountain, dust, water and all rivers. There are different veils. The thickness of each one of these veils is the distance traveled over the course of seventy thousand years. Then there are the Canopies of Glory [jalal], and there are seventy such canopies. In each canopy there are seventy angels. Between each canopy is the distance traveled during five hundred years. Then there is the Canopy of Mighty [`izz]; then the Canopy of Pride [kibriya]; then the canopy of Greatness [`azamah]; then the Canopy of Sacredness [qudus]; then the Canopy of Power [jabarut]; and then the Canopy of Pride [fakhr]. Then is the white light, then the Canopy of Oneness [wahdaniyah], which spans the distance traveled over seventy thousand years into seventy thousand years; and then there is the Most Sublime Veil. Hence, his speech ended and he became silent. Therefore, `Umar said to him , “I do not want to remain for a day when I do not see you, O Father of al-Hasan.”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).