[43] عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ...
[43] عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ شَبَابٍ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ وَ اسْمُهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَ عِيسَى شَلَقَانُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَابْتَدَأَنَا فَقَالَ عَجَباً لِأَقْوَامٍ يَدَّعُونَ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) مَا لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ بِهِ قَطُّ خَطَبَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) النَّاسَ بِالْكُوفَةِ فَقَالَ Ali Bin Muhammad, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from The Young exchanger, and his name is Muhammad Bin Al Waleed, from Ali Bin Sayf Bin Ameyra who said, ‘Ismail Bin Quteyba narrated to me saying, ‘I and Isa Shalqan went over to Abu Abdullah -asws .
So he -asws initiated us both by saying, ‘How strange of a people claiming upon Amir Al-Momineen -asws what he -asws never spoke with at all.
Amir Al-Momineen -asws addressed the people at Al-Kufa, so he -asws said: – الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْمُلْهِمِ عِبَادَهُ حَمْدَهُ وَ فَاطِرِهِمْ عَلَى مَعْرِفَةِ رُبُوبِيَّتِهِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى وُجُودِهِ بِخَلْقِهِ وَ بِحُدُوثِ خَلْقِهِ عَلَى أَزَلِهِ وَ بِاشْتِبَاهِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْ لَا شِبْهَ لَهُ الْمُسْتَشْهِدِ بِآيَاتِهِ عَلَى قُدْرَتِهِ الْمُمْتَنِعَةِ مِنَ الصِّفَاتِ ذَاتُهُ وَ مِنَ الْأَبْصَارِ رُؤْيَتُهُ وَ مِنَ الْأَوْهَامِ الْإِحَاطَةُ بِهِ The Praise is for Allah -azwj , the Inspirer of His -azwj servants to Praise Him -azwj , and Natured them upon the recognition of His -azwj Lordship, the Indicator upon His -azwj Existence by His -azwj creation and by the newly occurring creation of His -azwj (Indicating) upon His -azwj eternality, by Making them resemble each other, that there is no resemblance for him, the testification by His -azwj Signs upon His -azwj Power.
There are Prohibitions from describing His -azwj Self, and from the sights to see Him -azwj , and from the imaginations to Grasp Him -azwj by it.
لَا أَمَدَ لِكَوْنِهِ وَ لَا غَايَةَ لِبَقَائِهِ لَا تَشْمُلُهُ الْمَشَاعِرُ وَ لَا تَحْجُبُهُ الْحُجُبُ وَ الْحِجَابُ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِهِ خَلْقُهُ إِيَّاهُمْ لِامْتِنَاعِهِ مِمَّا يُمْكِنُ فِي ذَوَاتِهِمْ وَ لِإِمْكَانٍ مِمَّا يَمْتَنِعُ مِنْهُ وَ لِافْتِرَاقِ الصَّانِعِ مِنَ الْمَصْنُوعِ وَ الْحَادِّ مِنَ الْمَحْدُودِ وَ الرَّبِّ مِنَ الْمَرْبُوبِ There is neither a time factor for His -azwj existence nor any end-point to His -azwj remaining.
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