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Chapter: Attributes of Essence and Attributes of Actions 2 - حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، قال: حدثنا ٠اعيل بن سهل، عن ح٠اد بن عيسى، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلا٠؟ قال: أنى يكون يعل٠ع؟ قال: أنى يكون ذلك ولا ٠يزل يبصر؟ قال: أنى يكون ذلك ولا ٠يعا بصيرا، ذات علا٠2.

My father (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Sa`d ibn Abd Allah said: Muhammad ibn `Isa said, on the authority of Isma`il ibn Sahl, on the authority of Hammad ibn `Isa that I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS): “Does Allah know everything from sempiternity?”He (AS) replied, “What was He to know when there was nothing to be known?” He says, I asked, “Does Allah hear from sempiternity?” He (AS) answered, “Who was He to hear when there was nothing to be heard?” He says, I asked, “Does Allah see from sempiternity?” He (AS) responded, “Who was He to see when there was nothing to be seen?” Then he (AS) said: “Allah has always been AllKnowing, All-Hearing, All-Seeing, sempiternally, and the Possessor of the Knowledge of Hearing and Seeing.”