Mīzān al-Ḥikma

Eternal and Everlasting

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Divine Transcendence 4 Christians and Jews (Ahl al-Kitab) 1 Light and Darkness (Nur) 1

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hadith 1890
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Praise be to Allah, the First before every first, and the Last after every last, and His Firstness necessitates that there is no beginning to Him, and His Lastness necessitates that there is no end to Him.
الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الحَمدُ للّهِ الأوَّلِ قَبلَ كُلِّ أوَّلٍ ، والآخِرِ بَعدَ كُلِّ آخِرٍ ، وبِأوَّلِيَّتِهِ وَجَبَ أن لا أوَّلَ لَهُ ، وبآخِرِيَّتِهِ وَجَبَ أن لا آخِرَ لَهُ .
Tags Divine Transcendence
hadith 1891
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He never ceases to exist and will always be, the First before all things without a beginning, and the Last after all things without an end.
الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا يَزولُ أبَداً ولَم يَزَلْ، أوَّلٌ قَبلَ الأشياءِ بِلا أوَّلِيَّةٍ ، وآخِرٌ بَعدَ الأشياءِ بِلا نِهايَةٍ .
Tags Divine Transcendence
hadith 1892
Imam Ali (AS) was once asked by a Jew, ‘When did our Lord, Mighty and Exalted, come to be?, to which he replied, ‘O Jew, It is not that our Lord was not and then came to be, for the question ‘When did x come to be? is posed regarding something that is not there and then comes to be. He exists without coming into being; He is ever existing having nothing before Him. He is before ‘before itself, before any limit. Limits do not apply to Him for He is the ultimate limit of all limits.
الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ وقَد سَألَهُ رَجُلٌ يَهودِيٌّ: مَتى كانَ رَبُّنا عَزَّوجلَّ؟ ـ: يا يَهودِيُّ ، (ما كانَ) لَم يَكُنْ رَبُّنا فكانَ ، وإنَّما يُقالُ: «مَتى كانَ» لِشَيءٍ لَم يَكُنْ فكانَ ، هُوَ كائنٌ بِلا كَينونَةِ كائنٍ لَم يَزَلْ لَيسَ لَهُ قَبلٌ ، هُوَ قَبلَ القَبلِ ، وقَبلَ الغايَةِ ، انقَطَعَتْ عَنهُ الغاياتُ ، فهُوَ غايَةُ كُلِّ غايَةٍ .
Tags Divine TranscendenceChristians and Jews (Ahl al-Kitab)
hadith 1893
Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Verily Allah, Blessed and most High, existed when nothing else did, He is light not darkness, truthful with no falsehood about Him, all-knowing with no ignorance about Him, ever-living with no death about Him, and He is such today, and thus will He remain forever.
الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ اللّهَ تَبارَكَ وتَعالى كانَ ولا شَيءَ غَيرُهُ ، نوراً لا ظَلامَ فيهِ ، وصادِقاً لا كِذبَ فيهِ ، وعالِماً لا جَهلَ فيهِ، وحَيّاً لا مَوتَ فيهِ ، وكذلِكَ هُوَ اليَومُ ، وكذلِكَ لا يَزالُ أبَداً.
Tags Light and Darkness (Nur)Divine Transcendence