الخِلقَة

CREATION

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2– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The sky of this world was created from a controlled surge.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 15188]

3– Habbat al-`AUrani said, ‘One day I heard Ali (AS) take an oath saying, ‘By the One who created the sky from smoke and water’.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 58, p. 104, no. 35]

4– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily the first thing that Allah created was the Pen, and then He commanded it and it wrote everything that is to be.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 15115]

5– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The first thing that Allah created was the intellect.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 1, p. 97, no. 8]

6– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The first thing that Allah created was my light.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 1, p. 97, no. 7]

7– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily the first thing that Allah – Mighty and Exalted – created was our spirits and then He spoke to them of His Unity and Majesty, then He created the angels.’
[`AUyun Akbar al-Ridha (AS), v. 1, p. 262, no. 22]

8– Imam Ali (AS), when asked about what Allah first created, said, ‘He created light.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 57, p. 73, no. 49]

9– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘The first thing that He created from His creation was the substance that all things come from, and that is water.’
[al-Tawhid, p. 68, no. 20]

10– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He did not create things from eternal matter nor after ever-existing models, rather He created whatever He created and fixed limits to them and He shaped whatever He shaped and gave them the best form.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 163]

11– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Verily Allah, Blessed and most High…created things not from a thing and whoever claims that Allah, most High, created things from something has indeed disbelieved.’
[`AIlal al-Shara’i`a, p. 207, no. 81]

12– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Glory be to you! How great is Your creation that we see! But how small is every greatness when compared to Your power! How awe-striking is what we see from Your kingdom! But how low this is when compared to what is hidden from us by Your authority.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 109]

13– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Perhaps you think that Allah has only created this single world, and you think that Allah has not created anyone other than yourselves! Nay by Allah, verily Allah has created a million worlds and a million Adams and you are in the last of these worlds and of the last Adams.’