God’s Knowledge and Power

I heard him (the Imam) saying: Allah Mighty and Majestic was there and there was nothing other than Him. He always knew what was to be. His knowledge of it before it came into being is identical to His knowledge of it…

to Abi al-Hasan عليه السلام asking him about Allah Mighty and Majestic: Did He have knowledge of things before He created the things and brought them into existence or is it that He did not have prior knowledge of them…

I said to him (the Imam): Consider all that which was and is to be up to the Day of Judgment - was it not in the knowledge of Allah the Elevated? He said: Yes. Before He created the Heavens and the Earth.

I said to Abi al-Hasan al-Ridha عليه السلام: We have narrated that Allah is Knowledge with no ignorance in Him. Life with no death in Him. Light with no darkness in Him. He said: That is who He is.

Verily there is for Allah a special knowledge and a general knowledge. As for the special knowledge then it is the knowledge which no one has seen (access to), not His angels brought-near nor His prophets who were sent.…

The Heavens, the Earth and what is between them is within the Chair while the Throne (Arsh) is the Knowledge whom no one can estimate its limit.

I asked Aba Abdillah عليه السلام: Does there happen something today which was not in the Knowledge of Allah yesterday? He said: No. May the one who says that be abased by Allah. I said: Consider whatever has happened and…

I asked Aba Abdillah عليه السلام - Does there happen something today which was not in the knowledge of Allah Mighty and Majestic? He said: No. Rather it was in His knowledge before He generated the Heavens and the Earth.

Allah has a knowledge which is known by His angels, prophets and messengers. Behold! We too do know it. Allah also has a knowledge which His angels, prophets and messengers do not know about.

I heard Aba Abdillah عليه السلام saying: Allah Mighty and Majestic cannot be described (as He really is). He (Fudhayl) said: Zurara said: Abu Ja’far عليه السلام said: Allah Mighty and Majestic cannot be described with…

A man came to the Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام and said: Is Allah capable of inserting the Earth into an egg without the Earth becoming smaller or the egg becoming larger? He said: Woe upon you - Incapacity…

A group came from Beyond the River to Abi al-Hasan عليه السلام and said to him: We have come to ask you three questions. If you answer us in them we will know that you are the Scholar. He said: Ask. They said: Inform us…

He is One. Unique in Essence. Distinct from His creation. That is how He described Himself. He encompasses everything in terms of (His) supervision, awareness and power (over them). Nothing escapes Him even the weight of…