635 - عَظَمَةُ ما غابَ عَنّا مِنَ الخِلقَةِ

635. THE GREATNESS OF WHAT IS HIDDEN FROM US OF CREATION

1912.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : سُبحانَكَ ما أعْظَمَ ما نَرى‏ مِن خَلْقِكَ ! وما أصْغَرَ كُلَّ عَظيمةٍ في جَنْبِ قُدْرَتِكَ ! وما أهْوَلَ ما نَرى‏ مِن مَلَكوتِكَ ! وما أحْقَرَ ذلكَ فيما غابَ عَنّا مِن سُلطانِكَ ! وما أسْبَغَ نِعَمَكَ في الدُّنيا ! وما أصْغَرَها في نِعَمِ الآخِرَةِ !¹

1912.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Glory be to you! How great is Your creation that we see! But how small is every greatness when compared to Your power! How awe-striking is what we see from Your kingdom! But how low this is when compared to what is hidden from us by Your authority.' ²

1913.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : لَعلّكَ تَرى أنَّ اللَّهَ إنّما خَلقَ هذا العالَمَ الواحِدَ ، وتَرى‏ أنَّ اللَّهَ لَم يَخْلُقْ بَشَراً غَيرَكُم ! بلى‏ واللَّهِ ، لَقد خَلقَ اللَّهُ ألفَ ألفِ عالَمٍ ، وألْفَ ألفِ آدمَ ، أنتَ في آخِرِ تِلكَ العوالِمِ واُولئكَ الآدَمِيّينَ .³

1913.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Perhaps you think that Allah has only created this single world, and you think that Allah has not created anyone other than yourselves! Nay by Allah, verily Allah has created a million worlds and a million Adams and you are in the last of these worlds and of the last Adams.' ⁴

634 - خَلقُ العالَمِ‏

634. The Creation of the World

(أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ كانَتَا رَتْقَاً فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ كُلَّ شَي‏ءٍ حَيٍّ أَفَلَايُؤْمِنُونَ) .¹

"Have the faithless not regarded that the heavens and the earth were interwoven and We disjoined them, and We made every living thing out of water? Will they not then have faith." ²

1910.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لَم يَخْلُقِ الأشياءَ مِن اُصولٍ أزَليَّةٍ ، ولا مِن أوائلَ أبَدِيَّةٍ ، بَل خَلقَ ما خَلقَ فأقامَ حَدَّهُ ، وصَوّرَ ما صَوّرَ فأحْسَنَ صُورَتَهُ .³

1910.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He did not create things from eternal matter nor after ever-existing models, rather He created whatever He created and fixed limits to them and He shaped whatever He shaped and gave them the best form.' ⁴

1911.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : إنَّ اللَّهَ تباركَ وتعالى‏ ... خَلقَ الأشياءَ لا مِن شَي‏ءٍ ، ومَن زَعَمَ أنَّ اللَّهَ تعالى‏ خَلقَ الأشياءَ مِن شَي‏ءٍ فَقد كَفرَ .⁵

1911.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Verily Allah, Blessed and most High...created things not from a thing and whoever claims that Allah, most High, created things from something has indeed disbelieved.' ⁶