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

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Oneness of Allah (God) Chapter: Chapter On The Meanings of the Names of Allah and their Derivatives 6ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ ٠ُونٍ الْبَانِ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) وَقَدْ سُئِلَ عَنِ الاوَّلِ وَالاخِرِ فَقَالَ الاوَّلُ لا عَنْ أَوَّلٍ قَبْلَهُ وَلا عَنْ بَدْءٍ سَبَقَهُ وَالاخِرُ لا عَنْ نِهَايَةٍ كَ٠َخْلُوقِينَ وَلَكِنْ قَدِي٠ٌ أَوَّلٌ آخِرٌ لَ٠ْ يَزَلْ وَلا يَزُولُ بِلا بَدْءٍ وَلا نِهَايَةٍ لا يَقَعُ عَلَيْهِ الْحُدُوثُ وَلا يَحُولُ ٠ِنْ حَالٍ إِلَى حَالٍ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ.

His being the last means that He has no end because it is an attribute of the created and He is eternal, the first and the last. He has always been and He will always be without any beginning and any end. Nothing new happens to Him and does not change from one state to another. He is the Creator of all things.” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/41)) صحيح - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi (1/17))