hadith
247
۞
4. And it is narrated that he (AS) was asked
Where was our Lord before He created the Heaven and the Earth? Therefore, he (AS) replied, “`Where’ [ayna] is a question about space, and Allah existed when there was no space.”
4 - وروي أنه سئل عليه السلام
أين كان ربنا قبل أن يخلق سماء وأرضا؟ فقال عليه السلام: (أين) سؤال عن مكان، وكان الله ولا مكان.
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Divine Transcendence
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