2. My father said: Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah said: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa said, on the authority of Ibn Fuddal, on the authority of al-Halabi and Zurarah, that Abu `Abd Allah said: “Verily, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, is the Alone, the Needless, without an interior. Verily, the Spirit is a creation from His Creations. It is a helper, aid, and a source of strength. Allah places it is in the hearts of the messengers and the Believers.”

3. `Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Imran al-Daqqaq said: Muhammad ibn Abu `Abd Allah al-Kufi said, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isma`il al-Barmaki that al-Husayn ibn alHasan said: Bakr ibn Salih said, on the authority of al-Qasim ibn `Urwah, on the authority of `Abd al-Hamid al-Ta’i, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Muslim that I asked Abu Ja`far al-Baqir about the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High: `And I breathed into him of My Spirit. What is the meaning of “breathing” in this verse?’ Thus, he replied, Verily, a spirit moves like the air. Hence, it is called a spirit [ruh], because its name has been derived from the word air [rih]. Verily, He derived it from the word al-ruh because the spirit is homogeneous [mujanis] to the air [al-rih]. Verily, He associated it to Himself because He selected it over all the spirits like He selected that House from the houses and said: My House, and said for a Messenger from His Messengers: My Friend, and its like. All of those are created, with a beginning, have Lord, and re managed.

4. Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutawakkil said: `Ali ibn Ibrahim said, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ibn Abu `Umayr, on the authority of `Umar ibn Udhaynah, on the authority of Abu Ja`far al-Asamm that I asked Abu Ja`far al-Baqir about the spirits that were in Adam and `Isa . He replied, “They were two created spirits. Allah chose and selected them as the spirit of Adam and the spirit of `Isa .

5. `Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Imran al-Daqqaq said: Muhammad ibn Abu `Abd Allah al-Kufi said, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isma`il al-Barmaki that `Ali ibn al-Abbas: `Ali ibn Asbat, on the authority of Sayf ibn `Amirah, on the authority of Au Basir, that Abu Ja`far al-Baqir was asked to interpret the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High: And I breathed into him of My Spirit. He answered, “That is My power”

6. Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sinani; al-Husayn ibn Ibrahim ibn Ahmad ibn Hisham al-Mukattab and `Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Imran (may Allah be pleased with them all) all of whom said: Muhammad ibn Abu `Abd Allah al-Kufi said: Muhammad ibn Isma`il al-Barmai said;` Ali ibn al-Abbas said: Ubyas ibn Hisham said on the authority of `Abd al –Karim `Amr, that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq was asked to interpret the Word of Allah, the Might and High; So when I have made him complete and breathed into him my Spirit.1 He replied, “Verily Allah, the Mighty and high, created a creation, and created a spirit, then commanded an angel; hence be breathed into him.