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 عبد الله بن محمد بن عبد الوهاب السجزي بنيسابور، قال: أخبرنا أبو الحسن أحمد بن محمد بن عبد الله بن حمزة الشعراني العماري من ولد عمار بن ياسر رحمه الله قال: حدثنا أبو محمد عبيد الله بن يحيى بن عبد الباقي الأذني بأذنة  قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسن المعاني  قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن يزيد، عن يحيى - ابن عقبة بن أبي العيزار  قال: حدثنا محمد بن حجار، عن يزيد بن الأصم، قال: سأل رجل عمر بن الخطاب فقال: يا أمير المؤمنين ما تفسير سبحان الله؟ قال: إن في هذا الحائط رجلا كان إذا سئل أنبأ، وإذا سكت ابتدأ، فدخل الرجل فإذا هو علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام فقال: يا أبا الحسن ما تفسير سبحان الله؟ قال: هو تعظيم جلال الله عز وجل وتنزيهه عما قال فيه كل مشرك، فإذا قالها العبد صلى عليه كل ملك. 

1. `Abd ibn Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Wahhab al-Sajzi said in Naysabur that Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah ibn Hamzah al-Sha`rani al-`Ammari from the children of `Ammar ibn Yasir (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Abu Muhammad `Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn `Abd al-Baqi, al-Adhani said in Adhanah that `ali ibn al-Hasan al-Ma`ani said: `Abd Allah ibn Yazid related to, on the authority of Yahya ibn `Uqbah ibn Abu al-`Ayzar that Muhammad ibn Hajjar said, on the authority of Yazid ibn al-Asamm that A man asked `Umar ibn al-Khattab, “O Commander of the Faithful! What is the meaning of `Glory be to Allah’ [subhan Allah]?” He replied, “Verily, there is a man within these walls who informs when asked, and informs when there is silence.” So the man entered and it was `Ali ibn Abu Talib (AS); hence, he asked, “O Father of Hasan! What is the meaning of `Glory be to Allah’?” He (AS) answered, “It is revering the Glory of Allah, the Mighty and High, and the negation of whatever every polytheist attributes to Him. Therefore, when a servant says this, all the angels bless him.”

2 - حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه، قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم، عن محمد بن عيسى بن عبيد، عن يونس بن عبد الرحمن، عن هشام بن الحكم، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن سبحان الله، فقال عليه السلام: أنفة لله عز وجل . 

2. My father (RA) said: `Ali ibn Ibrahim said, on the authority of Muhammad ibn `Isa ibn `Ubayd, on the authority of Yunus ibn `Abd al-Rahman, on the authority Hisham ibn al-Hakam that I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS) about the expression `Glory be to Allah.’ Thus, he (AS) replied, “Pride belongs to Allah, the Mighty and High.”

3 - حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل رحمه الله قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسين السعدآبادي، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن عبد العظيم بن عبد الله الحسني عن علي بن أسباط، عن سليمان مولى طربال  عن هشام الجواليقي، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن قول الله عز وجل (سبحان الله) ما يعني به؟ قال: تنزيهه.  باب معنى (الله أكبر) 

3. Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutawakkil (RA) said: `Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Sa`dabadi said, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Abu `Abd Allah al-Barqi, on the authority of `Abd al-`Azim ibn `Abd Allah al-Hasani, on the authority of `Ali ibn Asbat, on the authority of Sulayman freed slave of Tirbal, on the authority of Hisham al-Jawaliqi that I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS), “What was meant by the words of Allah, the Mighty, and High: `Glory be to Allah?” He (AS) explained, “His deanthropomorphism.”

Al-Tawḥīd

Book 2, Chapter 45