Same indexed hadith alkafi-348; it ends on this printed page after beginning on pages 139-140.
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عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ شَبَابٍ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ وَ اسْمُهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ:
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دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَ عِيسَى شَلَقَانُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَابْتَدَأَنَا فَقَالَ عَجَباً لِأَقْوَامٍ يَدَّعُونَ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَا لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ بِهِ قَطُّ خَطَبَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع النَّاسَ بِالْكُوفَةِ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْمُلْهِمِ عِبَادَهُ حَمْدَهُ وَ فَاطِرِهِمْ عَلَى مَعْرِفَةِ رُبُوبِيَّتِهِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى وُجُودِهِ بِخَلْقِهِ وَ بِحُدُوثِ خَلْقِهِ عَلَى أَزَلِهِ وَ بِاشْتِبَاهِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْ لَا شِبْهَ لَهُ الْمُسْتَشْهِدِ بِآيَاتِهِ عَلَى قُدْرَتِهِ الْمُمْتَنِعَةِ مِنَ الصِّفَاتِ ذَاتُهُ وَ مِنَ الْأَبْصَارِ رُؤْيَتُهُ وَ مِنَ الْأَوْهَامِ الْإِحَاطَةُ بِهِ لَا أَمَدَ لِكَوْنِهِ وَ لَا غَايَةَ لِبَقَائِهِ لَا تَشْمُلُهُ الْمَشَاعِرُ وَ لَا تَحْجُبُهُ الْحُجُبُ وَ الْحِجَابُ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِهِ خَلْقُهُ إِيَّاهُمْ لِامْتِنَاعِهِ مِمَّا يُمْكِنُ فِي ذَوَاتِهِمْ وَ لِإِمْكَانٍ مِمَّا يَمْتَنِعُ مِنْهُ وَ لِافْتِرَاقِ الصَّانِعِ مِنَ الْمَصْنُوعِ وَ الْحَادِّ مِنَ الْمَحْدُودِ وَ الرَّبِّ مِنَ الْمَرْبُوبِ الْوَاحِدُ بِلَا تَأْوِيلِ عَدَدٍ وَ الْخَالِقُ لَا بِمَعْنَى حَرَكَةٍ وَ الْبَصِيرُ لَا بِأَدَاةٍ وَ السَّمِيعُ لَا بِتَفْرِيقِ آلَةٍ وَ الشَّاهِدُ لَا بِمُمَاسَّةٍ وَ الْبَاطِنُ لَا بِاجْتِنَانٍ وَ الظَّاهِرُ الْبَائِنُ لَا بِتَرَاخِي مَسَافَةٍ أَزَلُهُ نُهْيَةٌ لِمَجَاوِلِ الْأَفْكَارِ وَ دَوَامُهُ رَدْعٌ لِطَامِحَاتِ الْعُقُولِ قَدْ حَسَرَ كُنْهُهُ نَوَافِذَ الْأَبْصَارِ وَ قَمَعَ وُجُودُهُ جَوَائِلَ الْأَوْهَامِ فَمَنْ وَصَفَ اللَّهَ فَقَدْ حَدَّهُ وَ مَنْ حَدَّهُ فَقَدْ عَدَّهُ وَ مَنْ عَدَّهُ فَقَدْ أَبْطَلَ أَزَلَهُ وَ مَنْ قَالَ أَيْنَ فَقَدْ غَيَّاهُ وَ مَنْ قَالَ عَلَامَ فَقَدْ أَخْلَى مِنْهُ وَ مَنْ قَالَ فِيمَ فَقَدْ ضَمَّنَهُ.
Read English translationHide English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn
5. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Shabab al-Sayarafi called Muhammad ibn al-Walid from Ali ibn Sayf from ‘Amira who has said that Isma‘il ibn Qutayba said the following. “I and ‘Isa ibn al-Shalqan went to see Imam abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.). The Imam said ‘It is strange that a group of people ascribe to Amirul Mu’minin certain things that he had never said. Amirul Mu’minin addressed people in Kufa in the following words. “All praise is due to Allah Who inspired His servants with His praise and natured them in a way that would give them the desire to acknowledge His Lordship. It is He, Who guides people through His creation to His Own existence and His creatures are evidence of His eternity. The fact that His creatures are similar is evidence that there is nothing similar to Him. His signs are evidence of His great power. His Own-self prohibits acceptance of descriptions and so are His being seen with the eyes and His being comprehended in the imaginations. There is no time limit for His being in existence and there is no final destination for Him. Awareness can not contain Him and coverings can not cover Him. The curtain between Him and His creatures is His creating them. It is because of being impossible for Him what is possible in the essence of the creatures and because of what may be possible in their case is impossible in His case. It is also because of the difference between the Creator and the created, the limited and the unlimited and the Lord and the worshippers. He is One without being a unit of a particular kind. He is the Creator but not terms of motion. He is seeing but not by means of tools. He is hearing but not with distinguishing instruments. He observes but not by means of touching. He is hidden but not with covering. He is clearly manifest but not with lapse due to distance. His eternity is beyond the reach of thinking and a stop for the aims of the intelligence. His reality has worn out the ability of sight and His Own-self has uprooted the (spreading) vines of imaginations. Whoever tries to describe Allah has thought of Him as limited and whoever considers Him limited he has enumerated Him and whoever enumerates Him he has invalidated His eternity. Whoever asks where is He, he has considered Him as having an end. Whoever says on what is He, he has considered Him as distanced. Whoever says wherein is He, he has considered Him contained in some thing.”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.
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[4]شلقان بفتح المعجمة و اللام ثمّ القاف لقب عيسى بن أبي منصور، ما لم يتكلم به قط كأنّه عليه السلام أراد بذلك شيئا من الغلوّ او عن تشبيه اللّه تعالى و ادعاء الوهيته و امثال ذلك.ص 139
[5]لان كونه وجود صرف متمجد عن الليالى و الأيّام و الشهور و الاعوام و الحدود و الآنات و الأوقات و الساعات، و لا غاية لبقائه لان بقاءه بقاء حقيقي متقدس عن الاستمرار الامتدادى و الكون الزمانى.( فى)ص 139
[1]و لا مكان- بالتنوين بحذف المضاف إليه- اى لا مكان ذواتهم و في توحيد الصدوق هكذا« و لا مكان ذواتهم ممّا يمتنع منه ذاته» و هو الصواب و كان اللفظتين سقطتا من قلم النسّاخ( فى)ص 140
[2]بلا تأويل عدد بأن يكون له تعالى ثان من نوعه او يكون مركبا فيطلق عليه الواحد بتأويل انه واحد من نوع مثلا،« و لا بمعنى حركة» أي جسمانية او نفسانية، و لا بتفريق آلة اي لا بآلة مغايرة لذاته او بادخال شيء فيها فانه يتضمن التفريق و في التوحيد« السميع لا باداة البصر البصير لا بتفريق آلة».( آت)ص 140
[3]الاجتنان الاستتار اي اله باطن بمعنى أن العقول و الافهام لا تصل الى كنهه لا باستتاره بستر و حجاب او علم البواطن لا بالدخول فيها و الاستتار بها، و النهية بضم النون و سكون الهاء و فتح الياء اسم من نهاه ضد امره، و المجاول بالجيم جمع مجول بفتح الميم و هو مكان الجولان او زمانه او مصدر، و الردع المنع: و القمع: القلع، و الجوائل جمع جائل او جائلة من الجولان.( آت)ص 140