Al-Khiṣāl - Part 2: On Two-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 2: On Two-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: There are Two Forms of Knowledge اجيلويه رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا ٠د بن يحيى العطار، عن ٠ر بن اذينة، عن أبان ابن أبي عياش، عن سلي٠بن قيس الهلالي قال: س٠عت عليا عليه السلا٠يقول لابي الطفيل عا٠ر بن واثلة الكناني: يا أبا الطفيل العل٠لا يسع الناس إلا النظر فيه وهو صبغة الاسلا٠يسع الناس ترك النظر فيه وهو قدرة الله عز وجل 2-30 Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluyih - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ahmad, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad, on the authority of Al-Ab’bas ibn Ma’ruf, on the authority of Ali ibn Mahzyar, on the authority of Hikam ibn Buhlool, on the authority of Isma’il ibn Himmam, on the authority of Umar ibn Azineh, on the authority of Aban ibn Abi Ayyash, on the authority of Salim ibn Qays al-Hilaly, “I heard Ali (MGB) tell Abil Tufayl Amer ibn Vasele’ al-Kanani: ‘O Abil Tufayl!

There are two forms of knowledge: The knowledge over which people must ponder, and that is the knowledge of the religion, and the knowledge which cannot be pondered over, that is the Might of the Honorable the Exalted God.’”