1269 - لَطيفٌ وخَبيرٌ

1269. THE SUBTLE AND THE ALL-AWARE

(لا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأبْصارُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْأبْصارَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ) .¹

“The sights do not apprehend Him, yet He apprehends the sights, and He is the All-attentive, the All-aware.”²

4154.الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام: أمّا اللَّطيفُ فلَيسَ عَلى‏ قِلَّةٍ وقَضافَةٍ وصِغَرٍ ، ولكِنَّ ذلِكَ عَلَى النَّفاذِ في الأشياءِ ، والامتِناعِ مِن أن يُدرَكَ ، أمّا الخَبيرُ فالّذي لا يَعزُبُ عَنهُ شَي‏ءٌ ولا يَفوتُهُ ، لَيسَ لِلتَّجرِبَةِ ولا لِلاعتِبارِ بِالأشياءِ ، فعِندَ التَّجرِبَةِ والاعتِبارِ عِلمانِ ، ولَولاهُما ما عَلِمَ ؛ لأنَّ مَن كانَ كذلِكَ كانَ جاهِلاً .³

4154.Imam al-Rida (AS) said, ‘He is subtle not in terms of lack or delicateness or smallness, rather [He is subtle] in His [knowledge and power of] penetration into everything without being perceived. He is all-aware through the fact that nothing escapes His attention or evades Him, independent of experience or consideration of things, for experience and consideration in turn result in two types of knowledge, without which He would not know [if he were to be dependent on them], and would therefore be ignorant.’⁴