1. Ahmad Ziyad ibn Ja`far al-Hamdani said: `Ali ibn Ibrahim said, on the authority of his father Ibrahim ibn Hashim, on the authority of `Ali ibn Ma`bad, on the authority of al-Husayn ibn Khalid that I asked al-Rida `Ali ibn Musa : “O son of the Messenger of Allah! Tell me about the Qur’an. Is it a creator or created?” Therefore, he replied, “It is neither a creator nor created; rather it is the Word of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.”