4ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : إنَّ أوَّلَ شَيْءٍ خَلقَهُ اللّهُ القَلَمُ ، فأمَرهُ فكَتَبَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ يَكونُ . |
4– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily the first thing that Allah created was the Pen, and then He commanded it and it wrote everything that is to be.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 15115] |
5ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : أوَّلُ ما خَلَقَ اللّهُ العقَلُ . |
5– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The first thing that Allah created was the intellect.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 1, p. 97, no. 8] |
6ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : أوَّلُ ما خَلقَ اللّهُ نُوري . |
6– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The first thing that Allah created was my light.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 1, p. 97, no. 7] |
7ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : إنَّ أوَّلَ ما خَلقَ اللّهُ عزّوجلّ أرْواحُنا ، فأنْطَقَها بتَوحيدِهِ وتَمْجيدِهِ ، ثُمَّ خَلقَ المَلائكَةَ. |
7– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily the first thing that Allah – Mighty and Exalted – created was our spirits and then He spoke to them of His Unity and Majesty, then He created the angels.’[`AUyun Akbar al-Ridha (AS), v. 1, p. 262, no. 22] |
8ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ وقد سئلَ عَن أوَّلِ ما خَلقَ اللّهُ ـ : خَلقَ النُّورَ. |
8– Imam Ali (AS), when asked about what Allah first created, said, ‘He created light.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 57, p. 73, no. 49] |
9ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أوَّلُ شَيءٍ خَلقَهُ مِن خَلْقِهِ الشّيءُ الّذي جَميعُ الأشياءِ مِنهُ ، وهُو الماءُ. |
9– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘The first thing that He created from His creation was the substance that all things come from, and that is water.’[al-Tawhid, p. 68, no. 20] |