2. Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid said: Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah said, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, on the authority of al-Husayn ibn Sa`id, on the authority of alNadr ibn Suwayd, on the authority of `Asim Humayd that `Ali ibn al-Husayn was asked about Divine Unity; hence, he said Verily, Allah, the Mighty and High, knew that there would be people in the Last Days who would think deeply; therefore, Allah, the Mighty and High, revealed: Say: He Allah is One. Allah is the Needless and the first few verses from the surah “the Iron” until He says: And He is Cognizant of what is in the hearts. Thus whosoever goes beyond that is ruined.

3. `Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Imran al-Daqqaq said: Muhammad ibn Abu `Abd Allah al-Kufi said: Muhammad ibn Isam`il al-Barmaki said: al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan related to me that Bakr ibn Ziyad related tome, on the authority of `Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Muhtda that I asked al-Rida about Diving Unity; hence, he replied, “All those who read: Say: He Allah is One, and believe in it, have professed their faith in Divine Unity.” I asked, “How should one read it?” He responded, “The same way that the people read it, adding `such is my Lord’ three times.”

4. My father and Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid both said: Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Attar, and Ahmad ibn Idris both said, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ahmad, ,on the authority of some our scholars, on the authority of Muhammad ibn `Ali al-Tahi, on the authority of Tahir ibn Hatim ibn Mahawayh that I wrote to al-Tayyib i.e. Abu al-Hasan Musa : “What is the least required to recognize the Creator? Thus he wrote back: “there is nothing whatsoever like unto Him. He has always been All-Hearing, All-Knowing, All-Seeing, and He is the Mighty Doer of whatever He wills.

5. Muhammad ibn `Ali Majilwayh related to me, on the authority of his paternal uncle Muhammad ibn Abu al-Qasim, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ya`li al-Kufi, on the authority of Juwaybir, on the authority of al-Dahhak, on the authority of Ibn `Abbas that A Bedouin Arab came to the Prophet and said: “O Messenger of Allah! Teach me the wonders of knowledge.” The Prophet asked, “Before you ask about the wonders of knowledge, do you know about the beginning of knowledge?” The man enquired, “What is the beginning of knowledge, O Messenger of Allah?” Hence, he replied, “Recognizing Allah the way He deserves to be recognized.” The Bedouin further asked, “And how does Allah deserve to be recognized?” He answered, You have recognized Allah as He deserves to be recognized when you recognize that nothing resembles Him, that He has no compeer, and without any equal, that He is One, Alone, Manifest, the First and the Last, without parallel and without a rival. This is how He deserves to be recognized.