Neither does a place contain Him -azwj , nor does the times enclose Him -azwj , nor do the attributes limit Him -azwj , nor do the slumbers seize Him -azwj . His -azwj Being precedes the time, and His -azwj existence (precedes) the nothingness, and His -azwj eternality (precedes) the beginning.
بِتَشْعِيرِهِ الْمَشَاعِرَ عُرِفَ أَنْ لَا مَشْعَرَ لَهُ وَ بِتَجْهِيرِهِ الْجَوَاهِرَ عُرِفَ أَنْ لَا جَوْهَرَ لَهُ وَ بِمُضَادَّتِهِ بَيْنَ الْأَشْيَاءِ عُرِفَ أَنْ لَا ضِدَّ لَهُ وَ بِمُقَارَنَتِهِ بَيْنَ الْأَشْيَاءِ عُرِفَ أَنْ لَا قَرِينَ لَهُ ضَادَّ النُّورَ بِالظُّلْمَةِ وَ الْيُبْسَ بِالْبَلَلِ وَ الْخَشِنَ بِاللَّيِّنِ وَ الصَّرْدَ بِالْحَرُورِ By His -azwj Giving awareness the awarenesses are recognised that there is no giver of awareness to Him -azwj , and by His -azwj Essence the essences are recognised that there is no giver of essence to Him -azwj , and by His -azwj Giving opposites to the things it is recognised that there is no opposite to Him, and by His -azwj Pairing between the things, it is recognised that there is no pair for Him -azwj .
He -azwj has Construed the light with the darkness, and the dryness with the wetness, and the rough with the coarse, and the coldness with the heat.
مُؤَلِّفٌ بَيْنَ مُتَعَادِيَاتِهَا وَ مُفَرِّقٌ بَيْنَ مُتَدَانِيَاتِهَا دَالَّةً بِتَفْرِيقِهَا عَلَى مُفَرِّقِهَا وَ بِتَأْلِيفِهَا عَلَى مُؤَلِّفِهَا وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى وَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ فَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَ قَبْلٍ وَ بَعْدٍ لِيُعْلَمَ أَنْ لَا قَبْلَ لَهُ وَ لَا بَعْدَ لَهُ He -azwj is the Composer between the individual things and a Separator between the close things.
It evidences by its separation upon One -azwj Who separated these, and by their composition, upon their Composer. And these are the Words of the Exalted [51:49] And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful . Thus, He -azwj separated between the ‘before’ and ‘after’ in order for it to be known that there is neither a ‘before’ for Him -azwj nor an ‘after’ for Him -azwj .
شَاهِدَةً بِغَرَائِزِهَا أَنْ لَا غَرِيزَةَ لِمُغْرِزِهَا مُخْبِرَةً بِتَوْقِيتِهَا أَنْ لَا وَقْتَ لِمُوَقِّتِهَا حَجَبَ بَعْضَهَا عَنْ بَعْضٍ لِيُعْلَمَ أَنْ لَا حِجَابَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِهِ كَانَ رَبّاً إِذْ لَا مَرْبُوبَ وَ إِلَهاً إِذْ لَا مَأْلُوهَ وَ عَالِماً إِذْ لَا مَعْلُومَ وَ سَمِيعاً إِذْ لَا مَسْمُوعَ . The instincts testify that there is no instinct for the One -azwj Who Created the instincts.