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Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara · Hadith 5

The Book of Divine Unity · God’s Knowledge and Power · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 5, Hadith 5

Original Arabic text

[342/5] التوحيد: ابن المتوكل، عن الحميري، عن ابن عيسى، عن ابن محبوب، عن ابن سنان، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه عليهما السلام قال: إن لله علما خاصا، وعلما عاما فأما العلم الخاص فالعلم الذي لم يطلع عليه ملائكته المقربين وأنبياءه المرسلين، وأما علمه العام فإنه علمه الذي أطلع عليه ملائكته المقربين وأنبياءه المرسلين، وقد وقع إلينا من رسول الله عليه صلى الله عليه واله

Published English translation

5. [5/342] al-Tawhid: Ibn al-Mutawakkil from al-Himyari from Ibn Isa from Ibn Mahbub from Ibn Sinan from Ja’far b. Muhammad from his father عليهما السلام who said: Verily there is for Allah a special knowledge and a general knowledge. As for the special knowledge then it is the knowledge which no one has seen (access to), not His angels brought-near nor His prophets who were sent. As for His general knowledge then it is His knowledge which has been seen (accessed) by His angels brought-near and His prophets who were sent. And this (last) has reached us from the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه واله

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Shaykh Asif al-Mohseni: معتبر

Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara

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