He -saww is Rasool-Allah -saww !’ فَقَالَ سِبَخْتُ مَا رَأَيْتُ كَالْيَوْمِ أَمْراً أَبْيَنَ مِنْ هَذَا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ . So Sibakht said, ‘I have not seen like today, a matter more clear than this’. Then he said, ‘I testify that there is no god except Allah -azwj and you -saww are a Rasool -saww of Allah -azwj ’.
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Khas’amy, from Abdul Rahman Bin Ateyk Al Qaseyr who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far -asws about something from the characteristics (of Allah -azwj . So he -asws raised his -asws hand towards the sky, then said: ‘Exalted is the Compeller! Exalted is the Compeller! The one who practices (something) else, is destroyed’.
[24] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ حَضَرْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ أَيَّ شَيْءٍ تَعْبُدُ قَالَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى قَالَ رَأَيْتَهُ قَالَ بَلْ لَمْ تَرَهُ الْعُيُونُ بِمُشَاهَدَةِ الْأَبْصَارِ وَ لَكِنْ رَأَتْهُ الْقُلُوبُ بِحَقَائِقِ الْإِيمَانِ لَا يُعْرَفُ بِالْقِيَاسِ وَ لَا يُدْرَكُ بِالْحَوَاسِّ وَ لَا يُشَبَّهُ بِالنَّاسِ مَوْصُوفٌ بِالْآيَاتِ مَعْرُوفٌ بِالْعَلَامَاتِ لَا يَجُورُ فِي حُكْمِهِ ذَلِكَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ali Bin Ma’bad, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, from his father who said, ‘I was present with Abu Ja’far -asws and a man from the Kharijites came over to him -asws and said to him, ‘O Abu Ja’far -asws !
Which thing do you -asws worship?’ He -asws said: ‘Allah -azwj the Exalted’. He said, ‘Have you -asws seen Him -azwj ?’ He -asws said: ‘But, the eyes cannot see Him -azwj with the visualizing of the visions, but the hearts seen Him -azwj by the realities of the Eman . He -azwj cannot be recognised by the analogies, nor can He -azwj be realised by the sensory perceptions, nor can He -azwj be resembled with the people. He -azwj is Described in the Verses (of the Quran), recognised by the Signs.