وَ لَمْ تَقَعْ عَلَيْهِ الْأَوْهَامُ فَتُقَدِّرَهُ شَبَحاً...
وَ لَمْ تَقَعْ عَلَيْهِ الْأَوْهَامُ فَتُقَدِّرَهُ شَبَحاً مَاثِلًا وَ لَمْ تُدْرِكْهُ الْأَبْصَارُ فَيَكُونَ بَعْدَ انْتِقَالِهَا حَائِلًا الَّذِي لَيْسَتْ فِي أَوَّلِيَّتِهِ نِهَايَةٌ وَ لَا لآِخِرِيَّتِهِ حَدٌّ وَ لَا غَايَةٌ الَّذِي لَمْ يَسْبِقْهُ وَقْتٌ وَ لَمْ يَتَقَدَّمْهُ زَمَانٌ وَ لَا يَتَعَاوَرُهُ زِيَادَةٌ وَ لَا نُقْصَانٌ وَ لَا يُوصَفُ بِأَيْنٍ وَ لَا بِمَ وَ لَا مَكَانٍ And the imaginations do not occur upon Him -azwj so a resemblance, an example could be set up, and the visions do not envisage Him -azwj so He -azwj would happen to be after their transformation, in a State.
There isn’t an end-point for His -azwj being First nor a limit for His -azwj being Last, nor an end-point. The One -azwj Whom time did not precede, and a period was not before Him -azwj , nor is He -azwj subject to an increase nor a decrease, nor can He -azwj be described by a ‘where’, nor by ‘what’, nor a place.
الَّذِي بَطَنَ مِنْ خَفِيَّاتِ الْأُمُورِ وَ ظَهَرَ فِي الْعُقُولِ بِمَا يُرَى فِي خَلْقِهِ مِنْ عَلَامَاتِ التَّدْبِيرِ الَّذِي سُئِلَتِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ تَصِفْهُ بِحَدٍّ وَ لَا بِبَعْضٍ بَلْ وَصَفَتْهُ بِفِعَالِهِ وَ دَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ بِآيَاتِهِ The One -azwj Who is esoteric of the concealed matters and apparent in the intellects with what can be seen in His -azwj creature from the signs of the Regulations which the Prophets -as were asked about Him -azwj .
So, they -as did not describe Him -azwj by a limit, nor by parts, but they -as described Him -azwj by His -azwj Deeds and Indicated towards him -azwj by His -azwj Signs.
لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ عُقُولُ الْمُتَفَكِّرِينَ جَحْدَهُ لِأَنَّ مَنْ كَانَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ الْأَرْضُ فِطْرَتَهُ وَ مَا فِيهِنَّ وَ مَا بَيْنَهُنَّ وَ هُوَ الصَّانِعُ لَهُنَّ فَلَا مَدْفَعَ لِقُدْرَتِهِ الَّذِي نَأَى مِنَ الْخَلْقِ فَلَا شَيْءَ كَمِثْلِهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَ خَلْقَهُ لِعِبَادَتِهِ وَ أَقْدَرَهُمْ عَلَى طَاعَتِهِ بِمَا جَعَلَ فِيهِمْ وَ قَطَعَ عُذْرَهُمْ بِالْحُجَجِ فَعَنْ بَيِّنَةٍ هَلَكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ وَ بِمَنِّهِ نَجَا مَنْ نَجَا وَ لِلَّهِ الْفَضْلُ مُبْدِئاً وَ مُعِيداً There is no capacity in the intellects of the thinkers to deny Him -azwj , because the One -azwj Who Brought into being the skies and the earth, Natured it and whatever is within these, and whatever is in between these, and He -azwj is the Maker of these.
So there is no repelling to His -azwj Power Which the creatures can withstand. So there is nothing like Him -azwj .
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