And Pharaoh -la who said, ‘ ‘I am your lord, the most exalted!
And Pharaoh -la who said, ‘ ‘I am your lord, the most exalted!’ [79:24] . And the Jew who Judaised the Jews, and Paul who Christianised the Christians. And from this community, the two Bedouins (Abu Bakr and Umar)’’. [28] VERSES 26 – 33 إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِمَنْ يَخْشَىٰ {26} Surely in that is a lesson for one who fears [79:26] أَأَنْتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا {27} Are you the harder to be created or the sky?
He Built it [79:27] رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا {28} He Raised its ceiling, then Evened it [79:28] وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا {29} And He Covered its night and Extracted its brightness [79:29] وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا {30} And the earth, He Expanded it after that [79:30] أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا {31} He Brings forth from it, its water and its pasturage [79:31] وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا {32} And the mountains, He Affirmed these [79:32] مَتَاعًا لَكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ {33} Being a provision for you and for your cattle [79:33] عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ مِنْ عُلَمَائِهِمْ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ قَدْ أَعْيَتْ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أَجِدَ أَحَداً يُفَسِّرُهَا وَ قَدْ سَأَلْتُ عَنْهَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَصْنَافٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ كُلُّ صِنْفٍ مِنْهُمْ شَيْئاً غَيْرَ الَّذِي قَالَ الصِّنْفُ الْآخَرُ From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Muhammad Bin Dawood from Muhammad Bin Atiyya who said: ‘A man from the scholars of the people of Syria came up to Abu Ja’far -asws .
He said, ‘O Abu Ja’far -asws , I have come to ask you -asws a question which has exhausted me in finding one who could explain it to me, and I have asked three kinds of the people about it, so each type from them said something other than what the other one said’.
فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) مَا ذَاكَ So Abu Ja’far -asws said to him: ‘What would that be?’ قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ أَوَّلِ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ فَإِنَّ بَعْضَ مَنْ سَأَلْتُهُ قَالَ الْقَدَرُ وَ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمُ الْقَلَمُ وَ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمُ الرُّوحُ He said, ‘I ask you -asws about the first thing what Allah -azwj Created from His -azwj creatures, for some of the ones I asked said it was the Destiny, and some of them said it was the Pen, and some of them said it was the Spirit’.
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