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قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع أَ كَانَ اللَّهُ وَ لَا شَيْءَ قَالَ نَعَمْ كَانَ وَ لَا شَيْءَ قُلْتُ فَأَيْنَ كَانَ يَكُونُ قَالَ وَ كَانَ مُتَّكِئاً فَاسْتَوَى جَالِساً وَ قَالَ أَحَلْتَ يَا زُرَارَةُ وَ سَأَلْتَ عَنِ الْمَكَانِ إِذْ لَا مَكَانَ.
English translationMuhammad Sarwar
7. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated in a marfu‘ manner from Zurarah who has said that I asked Imam abu Ja‘far (a.s.) this. “Did Allah exist when there was nothing?” The Imam replied, “Certainly, Allah existed when there was nothing.” I further inquired, “Where did Allah exist?” The Imam was leaning, he then sat up and said, “O Zurarah, you spoke of impossible. You ask about space where there is no space.”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.
Commentary2 available sources
الشارح لم يُعِد نصّ الحديث هنا؛ رُبط الشرح بترتيبه داخل الباب.
لا يوجد شرح متاح لهذا الحديث.
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2- لم يخرجهShaykh Baqir al-BehbudiSahih al-Kafi
- مرفوعAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/316)
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[2]أي تكلمت بالمحال.ص 90