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