MuÊ¿jam al-AḥÄdÄ«th al-MuÊ¿tabara - The Book of Divine Unity Chapter: Prohibition against Speculating and Speaking about Godâs Nature [378/9] 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 Ù٠اÙاÙÙا٠9.
[9/378] 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 cognizable 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 cognized and other than what is represented (images formed) in the imaginations? It is imagined something neither cognizable nor delimited. عتبر - Shaykh Asif al-Mohseni (MuÊ¿jam al-AḥÄdÄ«th al-MuÊ¿tabara)