hadith
1901
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Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Knowledge is His very essence and not the object of knowing [or a known], such that when He created things, knowledge projected from Him onto the known things.
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): والعِلمُ ذاتُه ولا مَعلومَ ... فلَمَّا أحدَثَ الأشياءَ وكانَ المَعلومُ وَقَعَ العِلمُ مِنهُ عَلَى المَعلومِ.
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