17. Ja`far ibn Muhammad ibn Masrur said: al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn `Amir said, on the authority of his paternal uncle `Abd Allah ibn `Amir, on the authority of al-Hasan ibn Mahbub, on the authority of Maqatil ibn Sulayman that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq said:

When Musa went to Mount Sinai. He called unto his Lord, the Mighty and High, “O Lord, show me your treasures!” Thus, Allah replied, “O Musa! Verily, My Treasure is that when I intend something, I say to it: `Be and it is.’” The Compiler of this book says: Among the proofs upon the Omnipotence of Allah, the Mighty and High, is: the world is a creation of the Creator, since things can only be created by One who is Omnipotent. The disabled cannot walk, and the incapable cannot carry out actins. Hence, it is correct to say that one who created the world is Omnipotent. If something other than this is possible then it would be possible for us to fly without wings, and to perceive without the senses. And therefore, if the possibility of the latter is against logic, then so is the first.