hadith
189
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12. My father (RA) said: Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Attar said, on the authority of Muhammad ibn alHusayn ibn Abu al-Khattab, on the authority of Ibn Abu `Umayr, on the authority of Hisham ibn Salim, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Muslim that
I heard Abu Ja`far al-Baqir (AS) say: “Allah was there when there was nothing other than Him. He has always been All-Knowing of what He has created. Therefore, His Knowledge of things before their being is exactly the same as His Knowledge of things after their creation.”
12 - أبي رحمه الله قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن هشام بن سالم، عن محمد بن مسلم، عن أبي - جعفر عليه السلام، قال
سمعته يقول: كان الله ولا شئ غيره، ولم يزل عالما بما كون. فعلمه به قبل كونه كعلمه به بعد ما كونه.
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Divine Transcendence
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