Foreword

Reward for the Monotheists and Gnostics

Divine Unity and‬‬ Negation of Anthropomorphism

The Definition of One, Divine Unity, and the Believer in Divine Unity

The Commentary of Chapter 112 the Unity [al-Tawhid]

The Meaning of Divine Unity and Divine Justice

The Mighty and High is Devoid of both Body and Image

The Blessed and Exalted is a Thing

What is Related Regarding the Vision

Omnipotence

Knowledge

Attributes of Essence and Attributes of Actions

The Commentary of verse 88 of Chapter 28 the Narrative [al-Qasas] Everything is perishable but He.

The Commentary of Verse 75 of Chapter 38 Sad O Iblis! What prevented you that you should do obeisance to him whom I created with My Two Hands?

The Commentary of Verse 42 of Chapter 68 Qalam - On the Day when there shall be a severe affliction, and they shall be called upon to make obeisance

The Commentary of Verse 35 of Chapter 24 the Light [al-Nur]

The Commentary of Verse 67 of Chapter 9 the Repentance [al-Tawbah] They have forsaken Allah, so He has forsaken them.

The Commentary of Verse 67 of Chapter 39 the Companies [al-Zumar] And the whole Earth shall be in His Grip on the Day of Resurrection and the Heavens rolled up in his Right Hand.

The Commentary of Verse 15 of Chapter 83 the Defrauders [al-Mutaffifin] Nay! Most surely they shall on that day be debarred from their Lord.

The Commentary of Verse 22 of Chapter 89 the Daybreak [al-Fajr] And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks.

The Commentary of Verse 210 of Chapter 2 the Cow [al-Baqarah] They do not wait aught but that Allah should come to them in the shadow of clouds along with the angels.

Meaning of Scoffing, Mockery, Planning and Deception of Allah

The Meaning of Allah’s Side

The Meaning of the Waistband

Meaning of the Eye, the Ear, and the Tongue of Allah

The Meaning of Allah’s Hand is Tied Up

The Meaning of His Pleasure and His Anger

The Meaning of Allah’s Breathing of Spirit And I breathed into him of My Sprit.

Negation of Space, Time, Stillness, Motion, Descending, Ascending, and Transference from Allah

The Names of Allah, the Exalted,‬‬ and the Difference between their Meanings and the Meaning of the‬‬ Names of Creation

What is the Qur’an?

The Meaning of “In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful”

The Explanation of‬‬ the Letters of the Alphabet.

The Explanation of the Letters of the Alphabet According to Their Numerical Value

The Explanation of the Words of the Calls to Prayer

The Commentary of Guidance, Misguidance, Direction, and Forsaking is from Allah, the Exalted

The Refutation of the Dualists & the Atheists

There is no‬‬ god but the One God

The‬‬ Remembrance of Allah’s Greatness, Mighty be His Glory

The Subtlety of Allah, the Blessed, the Exalted

The Least Required for Recognizing Diving Unity

He, the Mighty and High, in not Recognized, Except by Himself.

The Assertion of the Emergence of the Universe

The Tradition of Dhi`lib.

The Tradition of Subakht, the Jewish Man

The Meaning of “Glory be to Allah” [Subhan Allah]

The Meaning of Allah is the Greatest [Allahu Akbar]

The Meaning of the First and the Last

the Most Compassionate is Firm on the Empyrean.

His Empyrean was on the Water

The Empyrean and Its‬‬ Description

The Empyrean was Created in Quarters

The Meaning of `His Knowledge Extend over the Heavens and the Earth’

Allah made the Nature of the Creation upon Divine Unity

The Appearance [Al-Bada’]

The Will and the Intent

Capability

The Trial and the Test

Privilege and Adversity

The Negation of Determinism and Relinquishment

Predestination, Divine Decree, Trials, Means of Sustenance Rates, and Restricted Powers

Children and Allah’s Justice Concerning Them

Allah only does what is best for His servants

Command, Prohibition, Promise and Threat

Recognition, Explanation, Evidence, and Guidance

A Session of al-Ridha (AS‬‬) with Theologians from Among the Rhetoricians and Various‬‬ Religions about Unity in the presence of al-Ma`mun

A Session of al-Ridha (AS) with Sulayman al-Marwazi, the Theologian of Khurasan, in‬‬ the Presece of al-Ma`mun concerning the Subject of Divine Unity.

The Prohibition of Discussing, Debating, and Arguing about Allah

1 - حدثنا محمد بن محمد بن عصام الكليني رضي الله عنه، قال: حدثنا محمد بن يعقوب الكليني، قال: حدثنا علي بن محمد المعروف بعلان الكليني، قال: حدثنا محمد بن عيسى بن عبيد، قال: سألت أبا الحسن علي بن محمد العسكري عليهما السلام، عن قول الله عز وجل: (والأرض جميعا قبضته يوم القيمة والسماوات مطويات بيمينه) فقال: ذلك تعيير الله تبارك وتعالى لمن شبهه بخلقه، ألا ترى أنه، قال: (وما قدروا الله حق قدره) ومعناه إذ قالوا: إن الأرض جميعا قبضته يوم القيمة والسماوات مطويات بيمينه، كما قال عز وجل: (وما قدروا الله حق قدره) إذ قالوا: ﴿ما أنزل الله على بشر من شئ﴾ (١) ثم نزه عز وجل نفسه عن القبضة واليمين فقال: (سبحانه وتعالى عما يشركون) (٢). 

1. Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isam al-Kulayni (RA) said: Muhammad ibn Ya`qub alKulayni (RA) said: `Ali ibn Muhammad, famous as `Allan al-Kulayni, said: Muhammad ibn `Isa ibn `Ubayd that I asked Abu al-Hasan `Ali ibn Muhammad al-`Askari (AS) that the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High: And the whole Earth shall be in His Grip on the Day of Resurrection and the Heavens rolled up in His Right Hand.Consequently, he (AS) replied, This is a condemnation from Allah, Blessed and Exalted be He, for those who compare Him to His Creation. Have you not see that He said: and they do not assign to Allah the attributes due to Him when they say: Allah has not revealed anything to a mortal, then the Mighty and High eliminated (anthropomorphic elements of) the Grip, and the Right Side from Himself and, hence, He said: Glory be to Him, and may He be exalted above what they associate (with Him).

2 - حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن الهيثم العجلي رحمه الله قال: حدثنا أحمد بن يحيى ابن زكريا القطان، قال: حدثنا بكر بن عبد الله بن حبيب، قال: حدثنا تميم ابن بهلول، عن أبيه، عن أبي الحسن العبدي، عن سليمان بن مهران، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن قول الله عز وجل: (والأرض جميعا قبضته يوم القيمة) فقال: يعني ملكه لا يملكها معه أحد، والقبض من الله تبارك وتعالى في موضع آخر المنع والبسط، منه الاعطاء والتوسيع، كما قال عز وجل: ﴿والله يقبض ويبسط وإليه ترجعون﴾  يعني يعطي ويوسع ويمنع ويضيق، والقبض منه عز وجل في وجه آخر الأخذ (١) في وجه القبول منه كما قال: ﴿ويأخذ الصدقات﴾ (٢) أي يقبلها من أهلها ويثيب عليها، قلت: فقوله عز وجل: (والسماوات مطويات بيمينه)؟ قال: اليمين اليد، واليد القدرة والقوة، يقول عز وجل: السماوات مطويات بقدرته وقوته، سبحانه وتعالى عما يشركون.  باب تفسير قول الله عز وجل: ﴿كلا إنهم عن ربهم يومئذ لمحجوبون﴾ (٣) 

2. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Haytham `Ijli (RA) said: Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Zakaria Qittan said: Bakr ibn `Abd Allah ibn Habib said: Tamim ibn Buhlul on the authority of his father on the authority of Abu al-Hasan `Abdi on the authority of Sulayman ibn Mihran who that I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS) about the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High: And the whole Earth shall be in His Grip on the Day of Resurrection. Thus, he (AS) answered, This means that no one will grab hold of His Rule but Him. While the Grip [alqabd] from the Blessed and the Exalted in another place is deprival, the amplification [al-bast] signifies granting and increase. As the Mighty and High has said; And Allah straitens and amplifies, and you shall be returned to Him. This means that He grants, increases, deprives and tightens. According to one opinion, the straitening [al-qabd] of the Mighty and High signifies seizure. According to another opinion, the straitening means His Acceptance. As He says: And he takes the alms i.e. He accepts them from eligible ones, and rewards them for it. I enquired, “As for the Word of the Mighty and High: `The Heavens rolled up in His Right Hand.’ He (AS) replied, “The Right Hand signifies strength and power. The Mighty and High says: The Heaves rolled up by His Omnipotence and Power; `glory be to Him, and may He be exalted above what they associate (with Him.).’

Al-Tawḥīd

Book 2, Chapter 17