قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لَا يُقَالُ شَيْءٌ قَبْلَهُ وَ بَعْدَ...
قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لَا يُقَالُ شَيْءٌ قَبْلَهُ وَ بَعْدَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لَا يُقَالُ لَهُ بَعْدٌ شَاءَ الْأَشْيَاءَ لَا بِهِمَّةٍ دَرَّاكٌ لَا بِخَدِيعَةٍ فِي الْأَشْيَاءِ كُلِّهَا غَيْرُ مُتَمَازِجٍ بِهَا وَ لَا بَائِنٌ مِنْهَا ظَاهِرٌ لَا بِتَأْوِيلِ الْمُبَاشَرَةِ مُتَجَلٍّ لَا بِاسْتِهْلَالِ رُؤْيَةٍ نَاءٍ لَا بِمَسَافَةٍ قَرِيبٌ لَا بِمُدَانَاةٍ لَطِيفٌ لَا بِتَجَسُّمٍ مَوْجُودٌ لَا بَعْدَ عَدَمٍ He -azwj was before everything, nothing can be said to be before Him -azwj , and He -azwj is after everything, nothing can be said to be after Him -azwj .
It is not by thinking that He -azwj is Aware, nor by a strategy regarding the things. All of these without being mixed with these, nor is He -azwj apparent from these. He -azwj is apparent, not by the immediate explanation. He -azwj Shines, not by the initiation of sight. He -azwj is remote, not by a distance. He -azwj is near, not by approaches. He -azwj is Subtle, not by embodiment. He -azwj is existent, not after the non-existence.
فَاعِلٌ لَا بِاضْطِرَارٍ مُقَدِّرٌ لَا بِحَرَكَةٍ مُرِيدٌ لَا بِهَمَامَةٍ سَمِيعٌ لَا بِآلَةٍ بَصِيرٌ لَا بِأَدَاةٍ لَا تَحْوِيهِ الْأَمَاكِنُ وَ لَا تَضْمَنُهُ الْأَوْقَاتُ وَ لَا تَحُدُّهُ الصِّفَاتُ وَ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ السِّنَاتُ سَبَقَ الْأَوْقَاتَ كَوْنُهُ وَ الْعَدَمَ وُجُودُهُ وَ الِابْتِدَاءَ أَزَلُهُ He -azwj is a Performer, not by the desperation, and Evaluator, not by the movement, an Intender, not by thinking, a Hearer, not by an instrument, Seeing, not by tools.
Neither does a place contain Him -azwj , nor does the times enclose Him -azwj , nor do the attributes limit Him -azwj , nor do the slumbers seize Him -azwj . His -azwj Being precedes the time, and His -azwj existence (precedes) the nothingness, and His -azwj eternality (precedes) the beginning.
✦ ✦ ✦