Al-Tawḥīd - Content

Chapter: Divine Unity and‬‬ Negation of Anthropomorphism د بن زياد بن جعفر اله٠داني رضي الله عنه، قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهي٠، عن أبيه، عن القاس٠بن يحيى، عن جده الحسن بن راشد، عن يعقوب بن جعفر، قال: س٠ن النصارى، فقال له في بعض ٠ا ناظره: إن الله تبارك وتعالى أجل وأعظ٠ن أن يحد بيد أو رجل أو حركة أو سكون، أو يوصف بطول أو قصر، أو تبلغه.

الأوها٠، أو تحيط به صفة العقول أنزل ٠واعظه ووعده ووعيده، أ٠ر بلا شفة ولا لسان، ولكن ك٠ا شاء أن يقول له كن فكان خبرا ك٠Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja'far al-Hamdani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: He said: Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim reported from his father, from al-Qasim ibn Yahya, from his grandfather al-Hasan ibn Rashid, from Ya'qub ibn Ja'far, who said: I heard Abu Ibrahim Musa ibn Ja'far al-Kadhim (as) speaking to a Christian monk.

He said to him in some of their debate: “Indeed, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, is too exalted and greater to be confined by a hand or foot or movement or stillness, or to be described by height or shortness, or to be comprehended by imaginations, or to be encompassed by the qualities of minds. He revealed His exhortations, promises, and warnings, commanding without lips or tongue, but as He willed to say ‘Be,’ and it was a decree as He intended in the Tablet.”