The meaning of terms mentioned in the Book and the Tradition about Monotheism

I said to Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him: The saying of Allah, Exalted is He: «Everything is to perish, except for His Face» (28:88) He said: Everything is to perish and His Face will remain. Indeed, Allah, Exalted and…

We were told by Ali bin Husain al-Sa’d-Abadi, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah al-Barqi, from his father, from Rabee’ al-Warraq, from Salih bin Sahl, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, with regards to the saying of Allah,…

I asked al-Rida, Ali bin Musa, peace be upon him, about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «No! Verily, they are, from their Lord, on that Day, indeed, obstructed» (83:15) to which he said: Indeed, Allah,…

I asked Abu’l-Hasan, Ali bin Muhammed al-Askari, peace be upon him, about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «The earth, all of it, is His grasp on the Day of Resurrection, and the Heavens are bent in His…

I asked al-Rida, peace be upon him, about the saying of Allah, Glorious and Exalted is He: «They forgot Allah, and so He forgot them» (9:67) so he said: Indeed, Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, does not forget, nor does…

I asked al-Rida, peace be upon him, about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «Allah is the Light of the Heavens and the earth» (24:35) so he said: A Guide to the people of Heaven, and a Guide to the people…

I said to Abu Abdillah, al-Sadiq, peace be upon him: «Allah is the Light of the Heavens and the earth» (24:35). He said: That is Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He. He said: I said: «the example of His Light» (24:35). He…

I asked Abu Ja’far (as) concerning the saying of Allah (swt): «O Iblees, what prevented you from prostrating to what My Hands created? (bi-yadday)» [38:75]. So he said: "The hand, in the words of the Arabs connotes…

Indeed, the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, will on the Day of Resurrection grab hold of the Waist Cloth of Allah, and we will grab hold of the Waist Cloth of our Prophet, and our party…

I heard Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, say: Indeed, to Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, there are creations which He created from His Light, and a mercy from His mercy to His mercy; they are the observing Eye of…

I asked Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, of the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And I blew into him from My Spirit» (15:29). He said: It is a Spirit that Allah chose, selected, added to Himself and preferred…

I asked Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And I blew into him from My Spirit» (15:29). How was this blowing? So he said: «Indeed, the Spirit is moving like the wind,…

We were told by ‘Abees bin Hisham, from Abdul-Kareem bin Amru, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, with regards to His saying, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And When I proportioned him and I blew into him from My…

The Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, said in his speech: I am the Guide, I am the Guided, and I am the father of the orphans and the needy and the husband of the widows, and I am the refuge of every weak…

he heard, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said with regards to the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And the Jews said: The Hand of Allah is chained» (5:64) They did not mean that it is as such,…

I heard him say: «Rather, His Hands are extended» (5:64) so I said: Does He have two hands, like this? And I pointed with my hand towards his hands. Then he said: No, if He was like this, He would have been (a) created…