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16. With the same chain of narration on the authority of `Ali ibn al- `Abbas that Yazid ibn `Abd Allah said on the authority of al-Husayn ibn Sa`id al-Khazzaz, on the authority of the ones he relates from, that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS) said
Allah is the Goal of those who seek to reach him, and the seeker differs from the Goal. He is United in His Lordship. He described Himself as Limitless. Hence, the one remembering Allah is other than Allah. And Allah is other than His Names. Every identifier differs from the identified, and is thus a creation. Do you not see what His Word says: the might belongs to Allah, the reverence belongs to Allah, and He said: And Allah’s are the best names; therefore, call on Him thereby.1 And He said: Say: Call upon Allah or call upon, the Most Compassionate Allah; whichever you call upon, He has the best names.2 Therefore, the names of Allah are subjoined to Him, and this is the purest expression of Divine Unity.
16 - وبهذا الإسناد، عن علي بن العباس، قال: حدثنا يزيد بن عبد الله عن الحسين بن سعيد الخزاز، عن رجاله، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام، قال
الله غاية من غياه، والمغيى، غير الغاية، توحد بالربوبية، ووصف نفسه بغير محدودية، فالذاكر الله غير الله، والله غير أسمائه وكل شئ وقع عليه اسم شئ سواه فهو مخلوق (١) ألا ترى قوله: (العزة لله، العظمة لله)، وقال: ﴿ولله الأسماء الحسنى فادعوه بها﴾ (٢) وقال: ﴿قل ادعوا الله أو ادعوا الرحمن أياما تدعوا فله الأسماء الحسنى﴾ فالأسماء مضافة إليه، وهو التوحيد الخالص .
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