982 - اسمُ اللَّهِ الأعظَمُ‏

982. ALLAH'S GREATEST NAME

3130.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام: إنَّ اسمَ اللَّهِ الأعظَمَ على‏ ثلاثةٍ وسَبعينَ حَرفاً ، وإنّما كانَ عندَ آصَفَ مِنها حَرفٌ واحِدٌ فَتَكَلَّمَ بهِ فَخَسَفَ بِالأرضِ ما بَينَهُ وبينَ سَرِيرِ بِلقِيسَ حتّى‏ تَناوَلَ السَّرِيرَ بِيَدِهِ ، ثُمّ عادَتِ الأرضُ كما كانَت أسرَعَ مِن طَرفَةِ العَينِ ، ونحنُ عِندَنا مِنَ الاسمِ الأعظَمِ اثنانِ وسَبعونَ حَرفاً ، وحَرفٌ عِندَ اللَّهِ تَبارَكَ وتعالى‏ استَأثَرَ بهِ في عِلمِ الغَيبِ عِندَهُ ، ولا حَولَ ولا قُوَّةَ إلّا بِاللَّهِ العَلِيِّ العظيمِ .¹

3130.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Verily Allah's greatest Name is composed of seventy-three letters, of which Asaf [b. Barkhiyya] had but one, with the utterance of which he caused the earth between himself and Bilqis's throne to sink until he got hold of the throne, and after which [he caused] the earth to return to its former state faster than the blink of an eye. And we [the Ahl al-bayt] have seventy-two letters from the greatest Name, and Allah, Blessed and most High, has exclusive possession of one letter of it with Him in His knowledge of the Unseen.' ²