Hadith 1072
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Abu Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. Musa b. Babuwayh al-Qummi (ra) narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakkil (ra) narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. al-Husayn al-Sa`d Abadi narrated to us from Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi from Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Abi Nasr al-Bazanti from Abi’l Hasan al-Mosuli from Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq (as). He said
A rabbi from the rabbis came to Amir al-Mu’minin and said: O Amir al-Mu’minin! When did your Lord come into existence? So, he said to him: May your mother mourn for you! When did He not existence so that it could be said “when did He come into existence”?! My Lord existed before the beginning, without a beginning. He will exist after the ending, without an ending. He will not terminate, and there is no conclusion to His eternity. He is severed from termination, so He is the end of every end.
1 - حدثنا الشيخ الجليل أبو جعفر محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن موسى بن بابويه القمي (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسين السعد آبادي، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن أحمد بن محمد بن أبي نصر البزنطي، عن أبي الحسن الموصلي، عن أبي عبد الله الصادق (عليه السلام)، قال
جاء حبر من الاحبار إلى أمير المؤمنين (1)، فقال: يا أمير المؤمنين، متى كان ربك؟ فقال له: ثكلتك أمك، ومتى لم يكن حتى يقال متى كان! كان ربي قبل القبل بلا قبل، ويكون بعد البعد بلا بعد، ولا غاية ولا منتهى لغايته، انقطعت الغايات عنه، فهو منتهى كل غاية (2).
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