We -asws cannot entrust it to you (any more than this much)’’.

Inform me about the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: Noon and the Pen, and what they will be writing! [68:1] ’. فقال: «أما نون فكان نهرا في الجنة أشد بياضا من الثلج و أحلى من العسل، قال الله عز و جل: كن مدادا، فكان مدادا He -asws said: ‘As for the (Letter) Noon, so, it was a river in the Paradise, whiter than the snow and sweeter than the honey. Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: “Be Ink!” It became Ink.

ثم أخذ شجرة فغرسها بيده- ثم قال: و اليد: القوة، و ليس بحيث تذهب إليه المشبهة Then He -azwj Took a tree, and He -azwj Planted it by His -azwj Hand’ – then said: ‘And the Hand is the Power, and it is not as where you are going with the resemblance’. ثم قال لها: كوني قلما، فكانت قلما، ثم قال له: اكتب. فقال له: يا رب، و ما أكتب؟ قال: اكتب ما هو كائن إلى يوم القيامة، ففعل ذلك، ثم ختم عليه و قال: لا تنطقن إلى يوم الوقت المعلوم Then He -azwj Said to it: “Become a Pen!” It became a Pen.

Then He -azwj Said to it: “Write!” It said to Him -azwj : ‘O Lord -azwj ! And what shall I write?’ He -azwj Said: “Write what is going to happen up to the Day of Judgement’. It did that. Then He -azwj Sealed it and Said: “Do not speak up to a Day of the Known time’.