قَالَ لِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) كَانَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مَاءً وَ كَانَ عَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ فَأَمَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ الْمَاءَ فَاضْطَرَمَ نَاراً ثُمَّ أَمَرَ النَّارَ فَخَمَدَتْ فَارْتَفَعَ مِنْ خُمُودِهَا دُخَانٌ فَخَلَقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الدُّخَانِ وَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الْأَرْضَ مِنَ الرَّمَادِ ثُمَّ اخْتَصَمَ الْمَاءُ وَ النَّارُ وَ الرِّيحُ فَقَالَ الْمَاءُ أَنَا جُنْدُ اللَّهِ الْأَكْبَرُ وَ قَالَتِ النَّارُ أَنَا جُنْدُ اللَّهِ الْأَكْبَرُ وَ قَالَتِ الرِّيحُ أَنَا جُنْدُ اللَّهِ الْأَكْبَرُ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى الرِّيحِ أَنْتِ جُنْدِيِّ الْأَكْبَر.
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<a id="_Toc492473261">H 14590</a> - Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboun from Al-A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim and Al-Hajjaal from Al-A’ala, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said: <span class="first-chapter-phrase"><span class="first-in-chapter character-a">‘A</span>bu Ja’far</span><sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘Everything used to be water, and His<sup>azwj</sup> Throne was upon the water. So Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Commanded the water so the fire was ignited. Then He<sup>azwj</sup> Commanded the fire, so it was extinguished and from its smoldering a smoke arose. So Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Created the Heavens from that smoke, and Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Created the earth from the ashes. Then the water, and the fire, and the wind contended. So the water said, ‘I am the great army of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>’, and the fire said, ‘I am the great army of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and the wind said, ‘I am the great army of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>’. So Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto the wind: “You are My<sup>azwj</sup> Great army’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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