1269 - لَطيفٌ وخَبيرٌ

1269. THE SUBTLE AND THE ALL-AWARE

(لا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأبْصارُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْأبْصارَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ) .¹

“The sights do not apprehend Him, yet He apprehends the sights, and He is the All-attentive, the All-aware.”²

4154.الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام: أمّا اللَّطيفُ فلَيسَ عَلى‏ قِلَّةٍ وقَضافَةٍ وصِغَرٍ ، ولكِنَّ ذلِكَ عَلَى النَّفاذِ في الأشياءِ ، والامتِناعِ مِن أن يُدرَكَ ، أمّا الخَبيرُ فالّذي لا يَعزُبُ عَنهُ شَي‏ءٌ ولا يَفوتُهُ ، لَيسَ لِلتَّجرِبَةِ ولا لِلاعتِبارِ بِالأشياءِ ، فعِندَ التَّجرِبَةِ والاعتِبارِ عِلمانِ ، ولَولاهُما ما عَلِمَ ؛ لأنَّ مَن كانَ كذلِكَ كانَ جاهِلاً .³

4154.Imam al-Rida (AS) said, ‘He is subtle not in terms of lack or delicateness or smallness, rather [He is subtle] in His [knowledge and power of] penetration into everything without being perceived. He is all-aware through the fact that nothing escapes His attention or evades Him, independent of experience or consideration of things, for experience and consideration in turn result in two types of knowledge, without which He would not know [if he were to be dependent on them], and would therefore be ignorant.’⁴

1268 - سَميعٌ بصيرٌ

1268. THE ALL-HEARING AND THE ALL-SEEING

(وَاللَّهُ يَقْضِي بِالْحَقِّ وَالَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِهِ لا يَقْضُونَ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ إنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ) .¹

“Allah judges with truth (the sins committed by the eyes) while those whom they invoke besides Him do not judge by anything. Indeed it is Allah who is the All-hearing, the All-seeing.”²

4151.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : والسَّميعُ لا بِأداةٍ .³

4151.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He is the All-hearing but not by means of any organ.’⁴

4152.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : إنَّهُ سَميعٌ بَصيرٌ ، يَسمَعُ بِما يُبصِرُ ، ويُبصِرُ بِما يَسمَعُ .⁵

4152.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Verily He is all-hearing and all-seeing, such that He hears with that by means of which He sees and He sees with that by means of which He hears.’⁶

4153.الإمامُ الرّضا عليه السلام : لَمّا لَم يَخفَ عَلَيهِ خافِيَةٌ مِن أثَرِ الذَّرَّةِ السَّوداءِ ، عَلَى الصَّخرَةِ الصَّمّاءِ ، في اللَّيلَةِ الظَّلماءِ ، تَحتَ الثَّرى‏ وبحار الأنوار ، قُلنا : بَصيرٌ .⁷

4153.Imam al-Rida (AS) said, ‘Because of the fact that the secret trace of a black mustard seed on a massive rock in the darkness of the night, be it in the ground or in the seas, cannot remain hidden from Him, is what compels us to say that He is all-seeing.’⁸