633 - أوَّلُ‏¹ ما خَلَقَ اللَّهُ عزّوجلّ‏

633. THE FIRST THING THAT ALLAH - GLORY BE TO HIM - CREATED

1904.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنَّ أوَّلَ شَيْ‏ءٍ خَلقَهُ اللَّهُ القَلَمُ ، فأمَرهُ فكَتَبَ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ يَكونُ .²

1904.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily the first thing that Allah created was the Pen, and then He commanded it and it wrote everything that is to be.' ³

1905.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أوَّلُ ما خَلَقَ اللَّهُ العقَلُ .⁴

1905.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The first thing that Allah created was the intellect.' ⁵

1906.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أوَّلُ ما خَلقَ اللَّهُ نُوري .⁶

1906.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The first thing that Allah created was my light.' ⁷

1907.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنَّ أوَّلَ ما خَلقَ اللَّهُ عزّوجلّ أرْواحُنا ، فأنْطَقَها بتَوحيدِهِ وتَمْجيدِهِ ، ثُمَّ خَلقَ المَلائكَةَ .⁸

1907.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily the first thing that Allah - Mighty and Exalted - created was our spirits and then He made them profess His Unity and Majesty, then He created the angels.' ⁹

1908.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - وقد سئلَ عَن أوَّلِ ما خَلقَ اللَّهُ - : خَلقَ النُّورَ .¹⁰

1908. Imam Ali (AS), when asked about what Allah first created, said, 'He created light.' ¹¹

1909.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : أوَّلُ شَي‏ءٍ خَلقَهُ مِن خَلْقِهِ الشّي‏ءُ الّذي جَميعُ الأشياءِ مِنهُ ، وهُو الماءُ .¹²

1909.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'The first thing that He created from His creation was the substance that all things come from, and that is water.' ¹³