Hadith 119
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6. Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid (RA) said: Muhammad ibn al-Hasan alSaffar, on the authority of Muhammad ibn `Isa ibn `Ubayd, on the authority of `Abd al-Rahman ibn Abu Najran that
I asked Abu Ja`far the Second (AS) about Divine Unity [Tawhid], so I said: “Is He presumed to be a thing?” Consequently, he (AS) replied: Yes. However, since He is Incomprehensible, and Unlimited, He is unlike anything you can conceive. Nothing resembles Him. Imagination perceives Him not. And how could imagination perceive Him when He is beyond all imagination? He is an Imagined Thing which is Incomprehensible and Unlimited.
6 - حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا محمد ابن الحسن الصفار، عن محمد بن عيسى بن عبيد، عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي نجران قال
سألت أبا جعفر الثاني عليه السلام عن التوحيد، فقلت: أتوهم شيئا فقال: نعم غير معقول ولا محدود، فما وقع وهمك عليه من شئ فهو خلافه، لا يشبهه شئ، ولا تدركه الأوهام كيف تدركه الأوهام وهو خلاف ما يعقل وخلاف ما يتصور في الأوهام، إنما يتوهم شئ غير معقول ولا محدود .
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Divine Transcendence
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