Chapter: Negation of Space, Time, Stillness, Motion, Descending, Ascending, and Transference from Allah 5 - ØدثÙا عÙ٠ب٠اÙØسÙ٠ب٠اÙصÙت رض٠اÙÙ٠عÙÙØ ÙاÙ: ØدثÙا ٠د اب٠عÙ٠ب٠اÙصÙØªØ Ø¹Ù Ø¹Ù Ù Ø£Ø¨Ù Ø·Ø§Ùب عبد اÙÙ٠ب٠اÙصÙØªØ Ø¹Ù ÙÙÙس ب٠عبد اÙرØÙ ÙØ ÙاÙ: ÙÙت Ùأب٠اÙØس٠٠Ø: Ùأ٠عÙØ© عرج اÙÙ٠بÙبÙ٠صÙ٠اÙÙ٠عÙÙÙ ÙØ¢ÙÙ ÙسÙÙ ÙÙا Ø¥ÙÙ Øجب اÙÙÙØ±Ø Ùخاطب٠٠Ùاجا٠ÙÙا٠ÙاÙÙÙ Ùا ÙÙص٠ب٠ÙاÙØ ÙÙا٠عÙÙ٠اÙسÙاÙ: إ٠اÙÙ٠تبار٠ÙتعاÙÙ Ùا ÙÙص٠ب٠Ùا٠ÙÙا Ùجر٠عÙÙ٠ز٠اÙØ ÙÙÙÙ٠عز Ùج٠أراد Ø£Ù Ùشر٠ب٠٠ا Ùخبر ب٠بعد ÙبÙØ·ÙØ ÙÙÙس Ø°Ù٠عÙ٠٠شبÙÙÙØ Ø³Ø¨Øا٠اÙÙÙ ÙتعاÙ٠ع٠5.
`Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn al-Salt (RA) said: Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn `Ali ibn al-Salt said, on the authority of his paternal uncle Abu Talib `Abd Allah ibn al-Salt, on the authority of Yunus ibn `Abd al-Rahman that I asked Abu al-Hasan Musa ibn Ja`far (AS): âFor what reason did Allah ascend His Prophet (SA) to the Heavens, from there to the Farthest Lote-Tree [Sidrah], and from there to the Veils of Light. He addressed him and entrusted a secret to him there.
So, can Allah be described spatially?â Thus, he (AS) replied, Verily, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, cannot be subjected to space nor can He be subjected to time. However, He, the Mighty High, intended to honor His angels and the inhabitants of the heavens by giving them a chance to see the Prophet. He also wanted to show the wonders of His Sublimity to the Prophet so that he could describe it to his followers after his descent. It is not at all like the anthropomorphists profess.