The Book of Divine Unity · Hadith 67 (#Ḥadīth #31)

32 - حدثنا أبي، وعبد الواحد بن محمد بن عبدوس العطار رحمهما الله، قالا: حدثنا علي بن محمد بن قتيبة، عن الفضل بن شاذان، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، قال: دخلت على سيدي موسى بن جعفر عليهما السلام، فقلت له: يا ابن رسول الله علمني التوحيد فقال: يا أبا أحمد لا تتجاوز في التوحيد ما ذكره الله تعالى ذكره في كتابه فتهلك، واعلم أن الله تعالى واحد، أحد، صمد، لم يلد فيورث، ولم يولد فيشارك، ولم يتخذ صاحبة ولا ولدا ولا شريكا، وإنه الحي الذي لا يموت، والقادر الذي لا يعجز، والقاهر الذي لا يغلب، والحليم الذي لا يعجل، والدائم الذي لا يبيد، والباقي الذي لا يفنى، والثابت الذي لا يزول، والغني الذي لا يفتقر، والعزيز الذي لا يذل، والعالم الذي لا يجهل، والعدل الذي لا يجور، والجواد الذي لا يبخل، و إنه لا تقدره العقول، ولا تقع عليه الأوهام، ولا تحيط به الأقطار، ولا يحويه مكان، ولا تدركه الأبصار وهو يدرك الأبصار وهو اللطيف الخبير، وليس كمثله شئ وهو السميع البصير (ما يكون من نجوى ثلاثة إلا هو رابعهم ولا خمسة إلا هو سادسهم ولا أدنى من ذلك ولا أكثر إلا هو معهم أينما كانوا) وهو الأول الذي لا شئ قبله، والآخر الذي لا شئ بعده، وهو القديم وما سواه مخلوق محدث، تعالى عن صفات المخلوقين علوا كبيرا.

32. My father; and `Abd al-Walid ibn Muhammad ibn `Abdus al-`Attar (may Allah have mercy on them both) said: `Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Qutaybah said on the authority of al-Fadl ibn Shadhan, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abu `Umayr that I entered into the presence of My Master Musa ibn Ja`far and said to him: “O son of the Messenger ! Teach me about Divine Unity.” Hence, he said: O Abu Ahmad! When it comes to Divine Unity, do not go beyond what Allah, the Exalted, has mentioned in His Book, otherwise you will perish. Know that Allah, the Exalted, is One, Unique, Everlasting. He begets not so He may be inherited, nor is He begotten so He may have an associate. He has not taken a wife, a son or an associate. He is the Living that does not dies. He is the Omnipotent that is never powerless. He is the Subduer who is never overwhelmed. He is the Clement who does not hasten. He is the Eternal who does not perish. He is the Permanent who does not pas away. He is the Firm who does not decline. He is the All-Sufficient who is never in need. He is the Almighty who is never abased. He is the All-Knowing who is never ignorant. He is the Just who never oppresses. He is the Magnanimous who is never miserly. Verily, He is He whom intellects cannot anticipate. He is not located in imaginations. He is not encompassed by region. He is not contained in any place. Vision comprehends Him not, and He comprehends (all) vision; and He is the Knower of subtleties, the Aware.1 Nothing whatsoever is like unto Him, and He is the all-Hearing, the all-Seeing.2 Nowhere is there a secret counsel between three persons but He is the Fourth of them, not (between) five but He is the Sixty of them, nor less than that nor more but He is with them where so ever they are.3 He is the First who has nothing prior to Him, and the Last who has nothing after Him. He is without beginning, and the rest are creations with beginnings. Exalted is He, the Mighty, the Great, from the attributes of creation!

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