\n In (the book) Nahj-al-Balagah...

\n In (the book) Nahj-al-Balagah, he -asws (Amir Al-Momineen -asws ) said: \u2018He -azwj Said when Intending the Universe \u201cBe!\u201d, and it came into being \u2013 not by sound branching out, and not a call that can be heard, and it is the Speech of the Glorious, Action from Him -azwj , His -azwj Desire and the like of it. There was no universe like that before, and if there had been one from before, it would require another god.