Hadith 510
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3. [3/389] al-Kafi: A number of our companions from Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Barqi from al-Qasim b. Yahya from his grandfather al-Hasan b. Rashid from Abi al-Hasan Musa b. Ja’far عليه السلام. He (al-Hasan) said
He (the Imam) was asked about the meaning of Allah so he said: The one who rules over what is lowly and great.
[389/3] الكافي: عدة من أصحابنا، عن أحمد بن محمد البرقي، عن القاسم بن يحيى، عن جده الحسن بن راشد، عن أبي الحسن موسى بن جعفر عليه السلام قال
سئل عن معنى الله فقال: استولى على ما دق وجل
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Similar narrations
- Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār #9 He was asked about the meaning of Allah, Glorious and Exalted is He, so he said: He has taken possession over the tiny and the magnified.
- Al-Tawḥīd #289 I asked Abu al-Hasan Musa ibn Ja`far (AS) about the meaning of Allah. He (AS) answerd, “He overwhelms both the mighty and subtle.”