1261 - عادِلٌ‏

1261. JUST

(إنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَظْلِمُ مِثْقالَ ذَرَّةٍ وَإنْ تَكُ حَسَنَةً يُضاعِفْها وَيُؤْتِ مِنْ لَدُنْهُ أجْراً عَظِيماً)¹.²

“Indeed Allah does not wrong [anyone] [even to the extent of] an atom’s weight, and if it be a good deed He doubles its reward, and gives from Himself a great reward.”³

4137.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : وأشهَدُ أ نَّهُ عَدلٌ عَدَلَ ، وحَكَمٌ فَصَلَ .⁴

4137.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘And I bear witness that He is just and acts justly, and is an arbitrator who decides fairly.’⁵

4138.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - لَمّا سُئلَ عنِ العَدلِ - : العَدلُ ألّا تَتَّهِمَهُ .⁶

4138. Imam Ali (AS) when asked about faith in Allah’s divine justice, replied, ‘[Faith in] divine justice is that you do not accuse Him of anything.’⁷

4139.الإمامُ زينَ العابدينُ عليه السلام - في دُعائهِ يَومَ الأضحى‏ والجُمعَةِ - : وقَد عَلِمتُ أ نَّهُ لَيسَ في حُكمِكَ ظُلمٌ ، ولا في نَقمَتِكَ عَجَلَةٌ ، وإنّما يَعجَلُ مَن يَخافُ الفَوتَ ، وإنَّما يَحتاجُ إلَى الظُّلمِ الضَّعيفُ ، وقَد تَعالَيتَ يا إلهي عَن ذلكَ عُلُوّاً كَبيراً .⁸

4139. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said in his supplication for Friday and for the ?d al-Adha, ‘But I know that there is no wrong in Your decree and no hurry in Your vengeance. He alone hurries who fears to miss, and only the weak needs to wrong. But You are exalted, my God, high indeed above all that!’⁹

4140.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - وقد سُئلَ عَن أساسِ الدِّينِ - : التَّوحيدُ والعَدلُ . . . أمّا التَّوحيدُ فأن لا تُجَوِّزَ عَلى‏ رَبِّكَ ما جازَ عَلَيكَ ، وأمّا العَدلُ فأن لا تَنسِبَ إلى‏ خالِقِكَ ما لامَكَ عَلَيهِ .¹⁰

4140. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) was asked about the foundation of religion, to which he replied, ‘[It is faith in] Allah’s divine Unity and divine Justice … [Faith in] Allah’s divine Unity is that you do not deem applicable to your Lord that which applies to you, and [faith in] His divine Justice is that you do not attribute to Him that of which you are blameworthy.’¹¹

1260 - عالِمٌ‏

1260. ALL-KNOWING (OMNISCIENT)

(وَعِنْدَهُ مَفاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ لا يَعْلَمُها إلّا هُوَ وَيَعْلَمُ ما فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَما تَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَرَقَةٍ إلَّا يَعْلَمُها وَلا حَبَّةٍ فِي ظُلُماتِ الْأرْضِ وَلا رَطْبٍ وَلا يابِسٍ إلَّا فِي كِتابٍ مُبِينٍ) .¹

“With Him are the treasures of the Unseen; no one knows them except Him. He knows whatever there is in land and sea. No leaf falls without His knowing it, nor is there a grain in the darkness of the earth, nor anything fresh or withered but it is in a manifest Book.”²

4130.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ولا يَعزُبُ عَنهُ عَدَدُ قَطرِ الماءِ ، ولا نُجومُ السَّماءِ ، ولا سَوافِي الرِّيحِ في الهَواءِ ، ولا دَبيبُ النَّملِ عَلَى الصَّفا ، ولا مَقيلُ الذَّرِّ في اللّيلَةِ الظَّلماءِ ، يَعلَمُ مَساقِطَ الأوراقِ ، وخَفِيَّ طَرْفِ الأحداقِ .³

4130.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The number of droplets of water, or of stars in the sky, or of gusts of wind in the air are not unknown to Him, and neither is the crawling of ants on rocks, nor the settling place of tiny ants in the darkness of the night. He knows the spots where leaves fall and the subtle movement of the pupils of the eyes.’⁴

4131.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : يَعلَمُ عَجيجَ الوُحوشِ في الفَلَواتِ ، ومَعاصِيَ العِبادِ في الخَلَواتِ ، واختِلافَ النِّينانِ في بحار الأنوار الغامِراتِ ، وتَلاطُمَ الماءِ بِالرِّياحِ العاصِفاتِ .⁵

4131.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He knows the howls of beasts in the forests, the sins of the people committed in secret, the fish’s frequenting the deep seas and the rising of the waters by tempestuous winds.’⁶

4132.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : خَرَقَ عِلمُهُ باطِنَ غَيبِ السُّتُراتِ ، وأحاطَ بِغُموضِ عَقائدِ السَّريراتِ .⁷

4132.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘His knowledge pierces through the inside of unknown secrets and encompasses the innermost beliefs of the hearts.’⁸

4133.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام: لَم يَزَلْ عالِماً بِما يَكونُ، فعِلمُهُ بِهِ قَبلَ كَونِهِ كعِلمِهِ بِهِ بَعدَ كَونِهِ .⁹

4133.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘He always knows what is to be, such that His knowledge of it before its coming into being is the same as His knowledge after its coming into being.’¹⁰

4134.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - لَمّا سُئلَ عَن عِلمِهِ بِالمَكانِ : أكانَ قَبلَ تَكوينِهِ أم حِينَهُ وبَعدَهُ ؟ - : تَعالَى اللَّهُ ! بَل لَم يَزَلْ عالِماً بِالمَكانِ قَبلَ تَكوينِهِ كَعِلمِهِ بِهِ بَعدَ ما كَوَّنَهُ ، وكَذلِكَ عِلمُهُ بِجَميعِ الأشياءِ كعِلمِهِ بِالمَكانِ .¹¹

4134. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) was once asked about Allah’s knowledge of space [i.e. the concept] and whether He knows it before its coming into existence or during it or after it, to which he replied, ‘Most High is Allah! He always knows space before its conception just as He knows it after He has created it, and such is His knowledge of all things like His knowledge of space.’¹²

4135.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : والعِلمُ ذاتُه ولا مَعلومَ ... فلَمَّا أحدَثَ الأشياءَ وكانَ المَعلومُ وَقَعَ العِلمُ مِنهُ عَلَى المَعلومِ .¹³

4135.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Knowledge is His very essence and not the object of knowing [or a known], and when He created things and the object of knowledge came into existence, knowledge was projected from Him onto the known things.’¹⁴

4136.الإمامُ الكاظمُ عليه السلام : عِلمُ اللَّهِ لا يُوصَفُ مِنهُ بِأينَ ، ولا يُوصَفُ العِلمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ بِكَيفَ ، ولا يُفرَدُ العِلمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ ، ولا يُبانُ اللَّهُ مِنهُ ، ولَيسَ بَينَ اللَّهِ وبَينَ عِلمِهِ حَدٌّ .¹⁵

4136.Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘The knowledge of Allah cannot be defined by where, nor can Allah’s knowledge be described by how. Allah’s knowledge cannot be separated from Him, nor can Allah be distinguished from it, and there is no barrier between Allah and His knowledge.’¹⁶