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14. Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isam al-Kulayni (RA) said: Muhammad ibn Ya`qub al-Kulayni said on the authority of `Ali ibn Muhammad, on the authority of Sahl ibn Ziyad and others, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Sulayman, on the authority of `Ali ibn Ibrahim al-Ja`fari, on the authority of `Abd Allah ibn Sinan, that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS) said
Verily, Allah is the Most Great, and the Lofty [al-rafi`]. Worshippers cannot describe Him, nor can they reach the core of His Magnificence. Vision comprehends Him not, and He comprehends (all) vision; and He is the Subtle, the All-Aware. He cannot be described in terms of `how,’ `where’ and `when’. And how can I describe him by means of `how’ when it is He who created the condition for the question `how;’ hence, I recognized the condition by the fact that He created the `how.’ And how can I describe Him in terms of `where’ when it was He was created space; hence, I recognized space by the fact that he created the `where.’ And how can I describe him in terms of `when’ when it was he who created time; hence, I recognized time by the fact that He created time. Thus, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, is present in every place, and is absent from everything. Vision comprehends Him not, and He comprehends all vision. There is no god but He: the Most High, the Great. And He is the Knower of subtleties, the Aware.
14 - حدثنا محمد بن محمد بن عصام الكليني رضي الله عنه، قال: حدثنا محمد بن يعقوب الكليني، عن علي بن محمد، عن سهل بن زياد وغيره، عن محمد بن سليمان عن علي بن إبراهيم الجعفري، عن عبد الله بن سنان، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال
قال: إن الله عظيم، رفيع، لا يقدر العباد على صفته، ولا يبلغون كنه عظمته، ولا تدركه الأبصار وهو يدرك الأبصار وهو اللطيف الخبير، ولا يوصف بكيف ولا أين ولا حيث فكيف أصفه بكيف وهو الذي كيف الكيف حتى صار كيفا، فعرفت الكيف بما كيف لنا من الكيف، أم كيف أصفه بأين وهو الذي أين الأين حتى صار أينا، فعرفت الأين بما أين لنا من الأين، أم كيف أصفه بحيث وهو الذي حيث الحيث حتى صار حيثا، فعرفت الحيث بما حيث لنا من الحيث، فالله تبارك وتعالى داخل في كل مكان، وخارج من كل شئ، لا تدركه الأبصار، وهو يدرك الأبصار، لا إله إلا هو العلي العظيم، وهو اللطيف الخبير.
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