hadith
1910
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Imam al-Sadiq (AS) narrated, ‘Iblis [Satan] asked Jesus son of Mary (AS), ‘Is your Lord capable of fitting the earth inside an egg, without shrinking the earth or enlarging the egg? So Jesus (AS) replied, ‘Woe betide you! Verily Allah can never be ascribed with incapacity, and who is there more powerful than the One who can shrink the earth and enlarge the egg [if He so wills]?!
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ إبليسَ قالَ لِعيسَى ابنِ مَريَمَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أيَقدِرُ رَبُّكَ عَلى أن يُدخِلَ الأرضَ بَيضَةً؛ لا يُصغِّرُ الأرضَ ولا يُكَبِّرُ البَيضَةَ ؟ فقالَ عيسى (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): وَيلَكَ ! إنَّ اللّهَ لا يُوصَفُ بِعَجزٍ ، ومَن أقدَرُ مِمَّن يُلَطِّفُ الأرضَ ويُعَظِّمُ البَيضَةَ؟!
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