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created. All things happen according to His will and His desire without a speech nor hesitation in<br />

soul nor utterance through a tongue.”[1]<br />

Among the things he, peace be on him, was asked about in respect with the attributes of Allah is<br />

that he was asked about the body and form of Allah, and he, peace be on him, answered: “Glory<br />

belongs to Him the like of Whom there is nothing! (He) is neither body nor form!”[2]<br />

3. The Meaning of Allah<br />

Vague errors and heresies spread during that time. The Imam, peace be on him, was asked many<br />

questions about the selfness and attributes of Allah. Among the questions about which he was<br />

asked is: “the meaning of Allah.” So he, peace be on him, answered: “He has controlled the small<br />

and the great.”[3]<br />

This explanation the Imam expressed is the explanation of a thing through which that requires it.<br />

For the meaning of Godhood requires Him to control all things, small and great, present and<br />

absent, and all things wherein. In the book al‐Mehasin it has been narrated that he was asked<br />

about the meaning of these words of Allah: The Beneficent is firm in power[4], and he, peace be<br />

on him, answered: “He Has controlled all small and great things.”[5]<br />

[1] Usool al‐Kafi, vol. 1, p. 106.<br />

[2] Ibid., p. 104.<br />

[3] Ibid., p. 115.<br />

[4] Ibid., 20, 5.<br />

[5] Al‐Tabrasi, al‐Ihtijajj.<br />

4. His Knowledge<br />

The Imam was asked about the knowledge of Allah, the Exalted: “Had Allah been knowledgeable<br />

of things before He created and formed them? Or had He been unknowledgeable of that until He<br />

created them and wanted to create and form them, so He came to know of what He created when<br />

He created and what He created when He created?”<br />

So he, peace be on him, answered: “Allah had still been knowledgeable of things before He<br />

created them just as His knowledge of things after He came to know of the creation of things.”[1]<br />

Muhammed b. Hamza wrote to him a letter in which he asked him about the knowledge of Allah.<br />

This is the text of the letter: “Surely, your followers have differed over the knowledge (of Allah).<br />

Some of them say: ‘We say that Allah had still been knowledgeable before creating things. And<br />

some of them say: ‘We do not say that Allah had not still been knowledgeable, for the meaning of<br />

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