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hadith 270
Hadith #
270
Book
Al-Tawḥīd
Volume
1
Section
29
Part
Content
Chapter
The Names of Allah, the Exalted,‬‬ and the Difference between their Meanings and the Meaning of the‬‬ Names of Creation
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
5. And with this chain of narration, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Sinan that
I asked him (AS) “What is a name?” He said: ”It is an attribute for the attributed.”
5 - وبهذا الإسناد، عن محمد بن سنان قال
سألته عن الاسم ما هو؟ قال: صفة لموصوف.
Tags Names of GodDivine Transcendence

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