The Book of Divine Unity · Hadith 77 (#Ḥadīth #2)

2 - حدثني أبي ، عن أبيه، عن أمير المؤمنين عليهم السلام، قال: رأيت الخضر عليه السلام في المنام قبل بدر بليلة، فقلت له: علمني شيئا أنصر به على الأعداء، فقال: قل: يا هو يا من لا هو إلا هو، فلما أصبحت قصصتها على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم، فقال لي: يا علي علمت الاسم الأعظم، فكان على لساني يوم بدر. وإن أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام قرأ قل هو الله أحد فلما فرغ قال: يا هو، يا من لا هو إلا هو، اغفر لي و انصرني على القوم الكافرين، وكان علي عليه السلام يقول ذلك يوم صفين وهو يطارد، فقال له عمار بن ياسر: يا أمير المؤمنين ما هذه الكنايات؟ قال: اسم الله الأعظم وعماد التوحيد لله لا إله إلا هو ثم قرأ شهد الله أنه لا إله إلا هو وآخر الحشر ثم نزل فصلى أربع ركعات قبل الزوال. قال: وقال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: الله معناه المعبود الذي يأله فيه الخلق و يؤله إليه، والله هو المستور عن درك الأبصار، المحجوب عن الأوهام والخطرات. قال الباقر عليه السلام: الله معناه المعبود الذي أله الخلق عن درك ماهيته والإحاطة بكيفيته ويقول العرب: أله الرجل إذا تحير في الشئ فلم يحط به علما، ووله إذا فزع إلى شئ مما يحذره ويخافه فالإله هو المستور عن حواس الخلق . قال الباقر عليه السلام: الأحد الفرد المتفرد، والأحد والواحد بمعنى واحد، وهو المتفرد الذي لا نظير له، والتوحيد الاقرار بالوحدة وهو الانفراد، والواحد المتبائن الذي لا ينبعث من شئ ولا يتحد بشئ، ومن ثم قالوا: إن بناء العدد من الواحد وليس الواحد من العدد لأن العدد لا يقع على الواحد بل يقع على الاثنين فمعنى قوله: الله أحد: المعبود الذي يأله الخلق عن إدراكه والإحاطة بكيفيته فرد بإلهيته، متعال عن صفات خلقه.

2. My father related to me, on the authority of his father, who said The Commander of the Faithful said: I saw al-Khidr in a dream the night before the Battle of Badr. I asked him: “Teach me something that will make me victorious over my enemies.” Consequently, he replied: “Say: O He! O One! There is no one but He!” When I got up in the morning I related this to the Messenger of Allah , so he said to me: `O `Ali, you have been taught the greatest name (al-ism al-a`zam].” Hence, it was on my tongue on the day of the battle of Badr. The Commander of the Faithful read “The Chapter of Divine Unity,” and when he finished he said: “O He! O One! There is no one but He! Forgive me, and help me against the unbelievers.” `Ali used to say this in the Battle of Siffin while he was giving chase (to the enemies), so `Ammar ibn Yasir asked him: “O Commander of the Faithful! What is the meaning of this expression?” He answered: “It is the greatest name of Allah. It is the main pillar of Divine Unity: there is not god but He.” Then he read: Allah bears witness that there is no god but He, and (so do) the Angels and those possessed of knowledge, maintaining His Creation with justice; there is no god but He, the Mighty and the Wise, and the last verse of the chapter “The Banishment” [al-Hashr]. Then he dismounted (his horse) and prayed four units [rak`at] of prayer before noon[zawwal]. Al-Baqir said: The Commander of the Faithful said: “The meaning of Allah is `the One who is worshipped’ and `the One who taken and served as God.’ Allah is Hidden from the grasp of vision, and concealed from both imagination and thought.” Al-Baqir said: The meaning of Allah is `the One who is worshiped.’ Creation cannot grasp His Essence or understand His Nature. The Arabs say “he is overwhelmed’ when someone is amzed with something which his knowledge does not comprehend. And they also say “he is confused” when someone is frightened of something. Therefore, God [ilah] is hidden from the sensory perception of the created. Al-Baqir said: The Alone [Ahad], the Peerless [Fard], the Unique. The One [Wahid], and the Alone [Ahad] have the same meaning that the Unique who has no like. Divine Unity is the affirmation of the Absolute Unity of Allah. For this reason they say: The first of numbers is one, but the One is not a number because numbers do not apply to Him. As they only apply to two and above. Therefore, the meaning of His Word: Allah is One is that the worshipped One cannot be perceived by His Creation. The encompassment of His existence is exclusive to Himself. He is far above the attributes of His Creation.

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