أسماء اللّه
THE NAMES OF ALLAH
بسمِ اللّه الرّحمنِ الرَّحيمِ / In the Name of Allah, the All-Beneficent, the All-Merciful
1- رسولُ اللّه صَلَّى اللهُُُ عَلَيهِ وَآلِهِ: بِسمِ اللّه الرحمنِ الرحيمِ مِفتاحُ كُلِّ كِتابٍ.
1. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The phrase 'In the Name of Allah, the All-Beneficent, the All-Merciful' is the key to every book.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 2490]
2- رسولُ اللّه صَلَّى اللهُُُ عَلَيهِ وَآلِهِ: كُلُّ أمرٍ ذِي بالٍ لا يُبدَأُ فيهِ بِبِسمِ اللّه
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[ الرحيمِ أقطَعُ.
2. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Every matter of importance that is not begun with the phrase 'In the Name of Allah, the All-Beneficent, the All-Merciful' is cut short.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 2491]
أسماء اللّه
THE NAMES OF ALLAH
3- الإمامُ الصّادقُ عَلَيهِ السَّلامُ : لا تَدَعْ بِسـمِ اللّهالرحمنِ الرحيمِ وإن كانَ بَعدَهُ شِعرٌ.
3. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Never leave out the phrase 'In the Name of Allah, the All-Beneficent, the All-Merciful', even if it is followed by poetry.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 672, no. 1]
4- الإمامُ الصّادقُ عَلَيهِ السَّلامُ: لَرُبَّما تَرَكَ بَعضُ شِيعَتِنا فيافتِتاحِ أمرِهِ بِسمِ اللّه الرحمنِ الرحيمِ، فَيَمتَحِنُهُ اللّهُ عز و جل بِمَكرُوهٍ لِيُنَبِّهَهُ على شُكرِ اللّه تباركَ وتعالى والثَّناءِ علَيهِ.
4. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'It may sometimes happen that one of our followers (shi`a) may leave out the phrase 'In the Name of Allah, the All-Beneficent, the All-Merciful' before a matter, so Allah tests him with a mishap in order to remind him to thank Allah, Blessed and most High, and to praise Him.’
[Nur al-Thaqalayn, v. 1, p. 7, no. 20]
اسمُ اللّه الأعظَمُ / Allah's Greatest Name
5- الإمامُ الباقرُ عَلَيهِ السَّلامُ: إنَّ اسمَ اللّه الأعظَمَ على ثلاثةٍ وسَبعينَ حَرفا، وإنّما كانَ عندَ آصَفَ مِنها حَرفٌ واحِدٌ فَتَكَلَّمَ بهِ فَخَسَفَ بِالأرضِ ما بَينَهُ وبينَ سَرِيرِ بِلقِيسَ حتّى تَناوَلَ السَّرِيرَ بِيَدِهِ، ثُمّ عادَتِ الأرضُ كما كانَت أسرَعَ مِن طَرفَةِ العَينِ، ونحنُ عِندَنا مِنَ الاسمِ الأعظَمِ اثنانِ وسَبعونَ حَرفا، وحَرفٌ عِندَ اللّه تَبارَكَ وتعالى استَأثَرَ بهِ في عِلمِ الغَيبِ عِندَهُ.
5. Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Verily Allah's greatest Name is composed of seventy-three letters, of which Asaf
[b. Barkhiyya] had but one, with the utterance of which he caused the earth between himself and Bilqis's throne to sink until he got hold of the throne, and after which
[he caused] the earth to return to its former state faster than the blink of an eye. And we
[the ahl al-bayt] have seventy-two letters from the greatest Name, and Allah, Blessed and most High, has exclusive possession of one letter of it with Him in His knowledge of the Unseen.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 14, p. 113, no. 5]