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Chapter: The Appearance [Al-Bada’] 4 - وبهذا الإسناد، عن هشا٠وحفص بن البختري وغيره٠ا، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلا٠ا يشاء ويثبت﴾ قال: فقال: وهل ي٠ا كان وهل يثبت إلا ٠4.

And with the same chain of transmission, on the authority of Hisham ibn Salim and Hafs ibn al-Bakhtari and other these two, that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS) was asked to interpret this verse: Allah makes to pass away and establishes what He pleases. He (AS) said: “Does Allah destroy other than what exists? And does He establish other than that which was nonexistent?”