Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara - The Book of Divine Unity

Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara - The Book of Divine Unity Chapter: Attributes of Essence and Action.

The Meaning of God’s Will د بن عبدالجبار، عن صفوان بن يحيى قال: قلت لابي الحسن عليه السلاÙ: أخبرني عن الارادة ٠ن الخلق؟ قال: فقال: الارادة ٠ن الله تعالى فإرادته إحداثه لا غير ذلك لانه لا يروي ولا يه٠ولا يتفكر، وهذه الصفات ٠نفية عنه وهي صفات الخلق، فإرادة الله الفعل، لا غير ذلك يقول له كن فيكون بلا لفظ ولا نطق بلسان ولا ه٠ة ولا تفكر ولا كيف لذلك، ك٠3.

[3/352] al-Kafi: Ahmad b. Idris from Muhammad b. Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan b. Yahya who said: I said to Abi al-Hasan عليه السلاÙ: Inform me about the Will of Allah and that of the creatures (are they the same)?

He said: The Will of the creatures is a conception (thought in the heart) and then what they see fit to put into action, as for Allah the Elevated then His willing is to originate (bring into existence), nothing other than that, for He does not deliberate (consider), does not desire, does not ponder, these attributes are negated for Him, they are the attributes of the creation. The will of Allah is His act, nothing other than that.

He says to it ‘be’ and it ‘is’ without wording or intoning by the tongue, without desiring or pondering. There is no ‘how’ to that just as there is no ‘how’ to Him. عتبر - Shaykh Asif al-Mohseni (Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara)