َ قَالَ هِشَامٌ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ لَا نَعْرِفُ...

َ قَالَ هِشَامٌ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ لَا نَعْرِفُ إِلَّا مَا عَرَّفْتَنَا فَقَالَ ع يَا هِشَامُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ الْعَقْلَ وَ هُوَ أَوَّلُ خَلْقٍ خَلَقَهُ اللَّهُ مِنَ الرُّوحَانِيِّين‏ Hisham says: I said: May Allah -azwj make me your sacrifice. We will not know unless you instruct us. Hence, the Imam -asws answered: O Hisham, the first-one among the ‘Ruheen’ (plural of Ruh) Allah -azwj Created was the Aql. It was from the Noor and it stayed on the right side of the Divine Thorne.

[9] Then Imam -asws then described the 75 armies of Aql and 75 armies of the Jahil, see Appendix. [10] Appendix: The Armies of the Aql and the Armies of the Jahil (Darkness) عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَدِيدٍ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ عِنْدَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ مَوَالِيهِ فَجَرَى ذِكْرُ الْعَقْلِ وَ الْجَهْلِ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) اعْرِفُوا الْعَقْلَ وَ جُنْدَهُ وَ الْجَهْلَ وَ جُنْدَهُ تَهْتَدُوا قَالَ سَمَاعَةُ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ لَا نَعْرِفُ إِلَّا مَا عَرَّفْتَنَا A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Hadeed, from Sama’at Bin Mihran who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah -asws , and in his -asws presence was a group of the ones in his -asws Wilayah, and the mention of the intellect and the ignorance, flowed.

فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَلَقَ الْعَقْلَ وَ هُوَ أَوَّلُ خَلْقٍ مِنَ الرُّوحَانِيِّينَ عَنْ يَمِينِ الْعَرْشِ مِنْ نُورِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَدْبِرْ فَأَدْبَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ أَقْبِلْ فَأَقْبَلَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى خَلَقْتُكَ خَلْقاً عَظِيماً وَ كَرَّمْتُكَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِي So Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Created the intellect, and it was the first thing Created, from the spiritual (creations), from the right of the Throne, from His -azwj Light.