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6 - حدثنا الحسين بن أح٠ه الله، عن أبيه، عن ٠ران الأشعري، عن علي بن إس٠يعا، عن صفوان بن يحيى، عن ٠، قال: سألته - يعني أبا عبد الله عليه السلا٠الله عز وجل؟ قال: لا، بل كان في عل٠ه قبل أن ينشئ الس٠6.

Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad ibn Idris (RA), on the authority of his father, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn `Imran al-Ash`ari, on the authority of `Ali ibn Ismai`il and Ibrahim ibn Hashim both, on the authority of Safwan ibn Yahya, on the authority of Mansur ibn Hazim that I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS): “Is there anything that exists today that was not in the Knowledge of Allah, the Mighty and High?” He (AS) replied: “No, His Knowledge encompassed everything even before He raised the Heavens and the Earth.”