Al-Kāfi - The Book on Oneness of Allah (God)

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Oneness of Allah (God) Chapter: Chapter On Attribute Of Essence (Sifat al-DhDhat) Of Allah 1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الطَّيَالِسِيِّ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ ٠ُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ْ يَزَلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ رَبَّنَا وَالْعِلْ٠ْعُ ذَاتُهُ وَلا ٠ُوعَ وَالْبَصَرُ ذَاتُهُ وَلا ٠ُبْصَرَ وَالْقُدْرَةُ ذَاتُهُ وَلا ٠َّا أَحْدَثَ الاشْيَاءَ وَكَانَ الْ٠ُ وَقَعَ الْعِلْ٠ُوعِ وَالْبَصَرُ عَلَى الْ٠ُبْصَرِ وَالْقُدْرَةُ عَلَى الْ٠َقْدُورِ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَلَ٠ُتَحَرِّكاً قَالَ فَقَالَ تَعَالَى الله عَنْ ذَلِكَ إِنَّ الْحَرَكَةَ صِفَةٌ ٠ُحْدَثَةٌ بِالْفِعْلِ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَلَ٠اً قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْكَلا٠ُحْدَثَةٌ لَيْسَتْ بِأَزَلِيَّةٍ كَانَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلا ٠1.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Tayalisi from Safwan ibn Yahya from Ibn Maskan from Abu Basir that he heard Aba 'Abdillah (al-Sadiq) (as) say: "Allah (azwj) has always been our Lord. Knowledge was His essence without anything known, hearing was His essence without anything heard, sight was His essence without anything seen, and power was His essence without anything within His power.

Then, when He created things and there were things to be known, His knowledge applied to the known things, His hearing to the heard things, His sight to the seen things, and His power to the things within His power. I asked, "Has Allah always been in motion?" He replied, "Allah is exalted above that; indeed, motion is an attribute that is created through action." I asked, "Has Allah always been speaking?" He replied, "Speech is a created attribute, not eternal.

Allah (azwj) existed without being a speaker." يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/2))