MuÊ¿jam al-AḥÄdÄ«th al-MuÊ¿tabara - The Book of Divine Unity Chapter: Negation of any Possibility of Seeing or Imagining God [327/8] اÙتÙØÙد: اب٠اÙÙÙÙØ¯Ø Ø¹Ù Ø§ÙصÙØ§Ø±Ø Ø¹Ù Ø§ÙÙÙØ·ÙÙÙØ Ø¹Ù Ø§Ø¨Ù Ø£Ø¨Ù Ùجرا٠ÙاÙ: سأÙت أبا جعÙر اÙثاÙ٠عÙÙ٠اÙسÙا٠ع٠اÙتÙØÙد ÙÙÙت: أتÙÙ٠٠شئ ÙÙÙ Ø®ÙاÙÙØ Ùا ÙشبÙ٠شئ ÙÙا تدرÙ٠اÙاÙÙØ§Ù Ø ÙÙ٠تدرÙ٠اÙاÙÙا٠ا ÙتصÙر Ù٠اÙاÙÙا٠8.
[8/327] al-Tawhid: Ibn al-Walid from al-Saffar from al-Yaqtini from Ibn Abi Najran who said: I asked Aba Jaâfar the Second عÙÙ٠اÙسÙا٠about Tawhid saying: Should I imagine a thing (when conceiving of God)? He said: Yes, (something) neither cognisable nor delimited. Whatever your imagination falls upon is different than He. Nothing is like Him and imaginations do not reach Him.
How can imaginations reach Him when He is other than what can be cognised and other than what is represented (image formed) in the imaginations? It is imagined something neither cognisable nor delimited. عتبر - Shaykh Asif al-Mohseni (MuÊ¿jam al-AḥÄdÄ«th al-MuÊ¿tabara)