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The Book of Divine Unity · Hadith 380 (#Ḥadīth #1)

Chapter 54 | The Appearance [Al-Bada’]

1 - أبي رحمه الله، قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن الحجال، عن أبي إسحاق ثعلبة، عن زرارة، عن أحدهما يعني أبا جعفر وأبا عبد الله عليهما السلام قال: ما عبد الله عز وجل بشئ مثل البداء.

1. My father said: Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Attar said, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, on the authority of al-Hajjal, on the authority of Ishaq ibn Tha`labahh, on the authority of Zurarah that One of the two, i.e. Abu Ja`far al-Baqir or Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq , said: “Allah, the Mighty and High, has not been served by anything like the Appearance.”

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