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71ـ دَخَلَ ابنُ أبي العَوجاءِ عَلى أبي عَبدِ اللّهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) فقالَ: ألَيسَ تَزعَمُ أنَّ اللّهَ خالِقُ كُلِّ شَيءٍ ؟ |
| 71– Marwan b. Muslim narrated: ‘Ibn Abi al-`Aawja’ once came to Abu `Aabdillah (AS) [i.e. Imam al-Sadiq], and asked, ‘Is it not true that you claim that Allah is the Creator of all things?’ to which Abu `Aabdillah (AS) replied, ‘Yes.’ So he retorted, ‘I create!’ So Imam asked him, ‘How do you create?!’ He replied, ‘I defecate in a place, then wait for it, and it becomes a creature, which I have created!’ So Abu `Aabdillah (AS) said, ‘Is it not true that the creator of something should know what he has created?’ to which he replied yes. Imam continued, ‘Well do you know the female from the male [of what you have supposedly created], and do you know its lifespan?’ to which he had no answer.’[al-Tawhid, p. 295, no. 5] |
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72ـ الإمامُ الرِّضا (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الحَمدُ للّهِِ فاطِرِ الأشياءِ إنشاءً ، ومُبتَدِعِها ابتِداءً بِقُدرَتِهِ وحِكمَتِهِ ، لا مِن شَيءٍ فَيَبطُلَ الاختِراعُ ، ولا لِعِلَّةٍ فلا يَصِحَّ الابتِداعُ ، خَلَقَ ما شاءَ كَيفَ شاءَ . |
| 72– Imam al-Rida (AS) said, ‘The Originator of all things from their conception, and their Inventor from the very beginning with His Power and Wisdom, [He creates] not from anything otherwise the very concept of invention would be nullified, nor for any cause otherwise the very concept of origination would be inapplicable. He creates whatever He pleases however He pleases.’[al-Tawhid, p. 98, no. 5] |
