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 علي بن أحمد بن محمد بن عمران الدقاق رحمه الله: قال: حدثنا محمد بن جعفر الكوفي (١)، قال: حدثنا موسى بن عمران النخعي الكوفي، عن عمه الحسين بن يزيد، عن علي بن الحسين، عمن حدثه، عن عبد الرحمن بن كثير، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام، قال: إن أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام قال: أنا علم الله، وأنا قلب الله الواعي، ولسان الله الناطق، وعين الله، وجنب الله، وأنا يد الله. قال مصنف هذا الكتاب رضي الله عنه: معنى قوله عليه السلام: وأنا قلب الله الواعي أي أنا القلب الذي جعله الله وعاء لعلمه، وقلبه إلى طاعته، وه�� قلب مخلوق الله عز وجل كما هو عبد الله عز وجل، ويقال: قلب الله كما يقال: عبد الله وبيت الله وجنة الله ونار الله. وأما قوله: عين الله، فإنه يعني به: الحافظ لدين الله، وقد قال الله عز وجل: ﴿تجري بأعيننا﴾ (٢) أي بحفظنا، وكذلك قوله عز وجل: ﴿و لتصنع على عيني﴾  معناه على حفظي. 

1. `Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Imran al-Daqqaq (RA) said: Muhammad ibn Ja`far alKufi said: Musa ibn `Imran al-Nakha`i al-Kufi said on the authority of his paternal uncle alHusayn ibn Yazid, on the authority of `Ali ibn al-Husayn, on the authority of who related to him, on the authority of `Abd al-Rahman ibn Kathir, o the authority of Abu `Abd Allah (AS) that The Commander of the Faithful (AS) said: “I am the Knowledge of Allah. I am the Containing Heart of Allah. I am the Speaking Tongue of Allah. I am the Eye of Allah. I am the Side of Allah. And I am the Hand of Allah.” The Compiler (RA) of this book says: When `Ali (AS) says that `I am the Heart of Allah that contains,” he means that “I am the heart that Allah has made a container for His Knowledge and made obedient to Him.” The heart is a creation of Allah, the Mighty and High, in the same sense that `Ali is a servant of Allah, the Mighty and High. One says “the Heart of Allah” [qalb Allah] in the same way that one says “the Servant of Allah,” “the House of Allah,” “Allah’s Paradise,” and “Allah’s Hell.” As for `Ali’s statement that “I am the Eye of Allah,” he means that he is the one who watches over the Religion of Allah. Similarly, the Mighty and High, has said: `Sailing, before our eyes,’1 which means “with Our Observance.” The Mighty and High has also said: `And that you might be brought up before My eyes,’2 which means `with My Observance.”

2 - حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد رحمه الله، قال: حدثنا الحسين ابن الحسن بن أبان، عن الحسين بن سعيد، عن النضر بن سويد، عن ابن سنان، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام في خطبته: أنا الهادي، وأنا المهتدي، وأنا أبو اليتامى والمساكين وزوج الأرامل، وأنا ملجأ كل ضعيف ومأمن كل خائف، وأنا قائد المؤمنين إلى الجنة، وأنا حبل الله المتين، و أنا عروة الله الوثقى وكلمة التقوى، وأنا عين الله ولسانه الصادق ويده، وأنا جنب الله الذي يقول: ﴿أن تقول نفس يا حسرتي على ما فرطت في جنب الله﴾  وأنا يد الله المبسوطة على عباده بالرحمة والمغفرة، وأنا باب حطة، من عرفني وعرف حقي فقد عرف ربه لأني وصي نبيه في أرضه، وحجته على خلقه، لا ينكر هذا إلا راد على الله ورسوله. قال مصنف هذا الكتاب رضي الله عنه: الجنب الطاعة في لغة العرب، يقال: هذا صغير في جنب الله أي في طاعة الله عز وجل، فمعنى قول أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: أنا جنب الله أي أنا الذي ولايتي طاعة الله، قال الله عز وجل: (أن تقول نفس يا حسرتي على ما فرطت في جنب الله) أي في طاعة الله عز وجل .  باب معنى الحجزة 

2. Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid (RA) said; al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan ibn Aban said on the authority of al-Husayn ibn Sa`id, on the authority of al-Nadr ibn Suwayb, on the authority of Ibn Sinan, on the authority of Abu Basir, on the authority of Abu `Abd Allah (AS) that The Commander of the Faithful (AS) said in one of his sermons: I am the Guide. I am the Rightly-Guided. I am the Father of the Poor and the Orphans. I am the Husband of Widows. I am the Refuge of the Weak. I am the Shelter of the Fearful. I am the One who Leads Believers to Paradise. I am the Firm Rope of Allah. I am the Firmest Handle of Allah, and I am the Word of Piety. I am the Eye of Allah. I am His Truthful Tongue, and I am His Hand, I am the Side of Allah who says: `Lest a soul should say: O woe to me! For what I fell short of my duty to Allah.’1 I am the Outspread Hand of Allah towards His Servants, granting mercy and forgiveness. I am the Door of Divine Mercy. Since I am the Successor of the Prophet (sw) on His Earth, and His Proof for His People, whoever recognizes me, and recognizes my right, recognizes His Lord. He who rejects me rejects Allah and His Messenger (sw). The Compiler (RA) of this book says: In Arabic, the side [al-janb] literally means obedience. It is said: “this is little in the side of Allah” which means “this is little in terms of obedience to Allah, the Mighty and High.” Therefore, the meaning of the statement of the Commander of the Faithful (AS): “I am the Side of Allah” is “I am the one whose guardianship [wilayah] represents obedience to Allah. Allah, the Mighty and High said: “Lest a soul should say: O woe to me! For what I fell short of my duty to Allah.”2 i.e. in the obedience of Allah, the Mighty and High.

Al-Tawḥīd

Book 2, Chapter 22