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Hadith 131
Hadith #
131
Book
Al-Tawḥīd
Volume
1
Section
8
Part
Content
Chapter
What is Related Regarding the Vision
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
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10. My father (RA) said: Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Attar said on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, on the authority of Ibn Abu Najran, on the authority of `Abd Allah ibn Sinan that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS) was asked to interpret the Word of the Mighty and High: Vision comprehends Him not, and He comprehends (all) vision. He explained: It is the comprehension of the imagination. Do you not see His Word: Verily, there have come to you clear proofs from your Lord. This does not mean the vision of eyes; whoever will therefore see, it is for his own soul. It does not mean seeing with the eye; and whoever will be blind, it shall be against himself.1 This does not mean blindness of the eyes. It certainly means comprehension of the imagination, like it is said
so and so has the vision of poetry, so and so has the vision of jurisprudence, so and so has the vision of coins, and so and so has the vision of clothes. Allah is far above visual perception.
10 - أبي رحمه الله، قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن ابن أبي نجران، عن عبد الله بن سنان، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام في قوله عز وجل: (لا تدركه الأبصار وهو يدرك الأبصار) قال
إحاطة الوهم، ألا ترى إلى قوله: ﴿قد جاءكم بصائر من ربكم﴾ ليس بمعنى بصر العيون (فمن أبصر فلنفسه) ليس يعني من البصر بعينه (ومن عمي فعليها) لم يعن عمي العيون، إنما عنى إحاطة الوهم كما يقال: فلان بصير بالشعر، وفلان بصير بالفقه، وفلان بصير بالدراهم وفلان بصير بالثياب، الله أعظم من أن يرى بالعين .
Tags Divine Transcendence

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