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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al Kafi (part 3) Chapter 12 : Chapter On Attribute of Essence (sifat Al-dhdhat) of Allah H 284, Ch. 12, H 1 Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Tayalisi from Safwan ibn Yahya from ibn Maskan from abu Basir who has said the following. "I heard abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) saying, 'The Exalted, the Glorious, Allah, our Lord, is Eternal. Knowledge is His self even if there is nothing to be known.

Hearing is His self even if there is nothing to be heard. Seeing is His-self even when there is nothing to be seen. Power is His self even if there is nothing to feel the power.

When He brought things into existence the perceptible objects became the objects of His knowledge, His hearing applied to audible objects, His seeing to visible objects and His power to the objects that feel power.'" Abu Basir adds; "I further asked, 'Has Allah always been in motion?" He replied, "Allah is High Exalted above that.

Motion is an attribute that is created through action." I asked, "Did Allah always have the ability to speak?" He replied, " Speech is a created attribute and not an eternal one. Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, existed when there was nothing able to speak." H 285, Ch. 12, h 2 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from ibn abu 'Umayr from Hisham ibn Salim from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following.

"I heard abu Ja'far (a.s.) saying, 'Allah, to Whom belong Might and Majesty, existed when nothing else existed. He eternally knows whatever comes into being. His knowledge of things before their coming into existence and afterwards is exactly the same.'" H 286, Ch. 12, h 3 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Safwan ibn Yahya from al-Kahili who has said the following.

"I wrote to abu al-Hassan (al-Kazim) (a.s.), praising Allah in my letter as, 'All praise belongs to Allah to the limit of His knowledge.'" He wrote back to me, "Do not say, "To the limit of His knowledge because there is no limit to His knowledge. Instead say, "All praise belongs to Allah to the limit of His pleasure." H 287, Ch.

12, h 4 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Sa'd ibn 'Abdallah from Muhammad ibn 'Isa from Ayyub ibn Nuh, who wrote to abu al-Hassan (al-Thalith (a.s.) asking him about Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious. "Did He know all things before creating and giving them being, or did He not know until He brought them into existence or until He willed their creation and existence?