Al-Tawḥīd - Content

Chapter: Negation of Space, Time, Stillness, Motion, Descending, Ascending, and Transference from Allah 19 - وبهذا الإسناد عن الحسن بن راشد، عن يعقوب بن جعفر، عن أبي إبراهي٠أنه قال: لا أقول: إنه قائ٠كان يكون فيه، ولا أحده أن يتحرك في شئ ٠ن الأركان والجوارح، ولا أحده بلفظ شق ف٠ا قال تبارك وتعالى: (كن فيكون) ب٠ن غير تردد في نفس، فرد، ص٠يحتج إلى شريك يكون له في ٠لكه، ولا يفتح له أبواب عل٠19.

And with this chain of narration, on the authority of al-Hasan ibn Rashid, on the authority of Ya`qub ibn Ja`far, that Abu Ibrahim al-Kadhim (AS) said: I do not say: Verily, He is definite so I remove Him from His place, nor do I bound Him to a place that He may be confined to it. Nor do I set Him a boundary that He may move within something with support or by means of limbs. Nor do I limit Him with words that are thrust from the mouth.

The Blessed and Exalted says: “Be and it is,” by His Will, and without any hesitation in desire, the Peerless, the Needless. He is not in need of an associate in His Sovereignty, nor an associate to open the doors of His Knowledge for Him.