عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مَرَّارٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) يَا يُونُسُ لا تَقُلْ بِقَوْلِ الْقَدَرِيَّةِ فَإِنَّ الْقَدَرِيَّةَ لَمْ يَقُولُوا بِقَوْلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَلا بِقَوْلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَلا بِقَوْلِ إِبْلِيسَ فَإِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ قَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لله الَّذِي هَدانا لِهذا وَما كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِيَ لَوْ لا أَنْ هَدانَا الله وَقَالَ أَهْلُ النَّارِ رَبَّنا غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْنا شِقْوَتُنا وَكُنَّا قَوْماً ضالِّينَ وَقَالَ إِبْلِيسُ رَبِّ بِما أَغْوَيْتَنِي فَقُلْتُ وَالله مَا أَقُولُ بِقَوْلِهِمْ وَلَكِنِّي أَقُولُ لا يَكُونُ إِلا بِمَا شَاءَ الله وَأَرَادَ وَقَدَّرَ وَقَضَى فَقَالَ يَا يُونُسُ لَيْسَ هَكَذَا لا يَكُونُ إِلا مَا شَاءَ الله وَأَرَادَ وَقَدَّرَ وَقَضَى يَا يُونُسُ تَعْلَمُ مَا الْمَشِيئَةُ قُلْتُ لا قَالَ هِيَ الذِّكْرُ الاوَّلُ فَتَعْلَمُ مَا الارَادَةُ قُلْتُ لا قَالَ هِيَ الْعَزِيمَةُ عَلَى مَا يَشَاءُ فَتَعْلَمُ مَا الْقَدَرُ قُلْتُ لا قَالَ هِيَ الْهَنْدَسَةُ وَوَضْعُ الْحُدُودِ مِنَ الْبَقَاءِ وَالْفَنَاءِ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَالْقَضَاءُ هُوَ الابْرَامُ وَإِقَامَةُ الْعَيْنِ قَالَ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ أَنْ أُقَبِّلَ رَأْسَهُ وَقُلْتُ فَتَحْتَ لِي شَيْئاً كُنْتُ عَنْهُ فِي غَفْلَةٍ.
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Isma‘il ibn Marrar from Yunus ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman who has said that abu al-Hassan al-Rida , said to me the following:
“O Yunus do not say what pre-determinists say. The pre- determinists do not say what people of paradise say or what people of hell say or what Satan says. The people of paradise say, ‘. . . all praise is due to Allah for His guiding us. We could never have been guided without Allah’s guiding us.’ (7:43) The people of hell say, ‘Lord, our misfortune overwhelmed us and we became lost,’ (23:107) and Satan said, ‘My Lord for your making me to rebel . . .’ (15:39)
“I then said, ‘I swear by Allah that I do not say what they say but I only say that there will be nothing unless Allah will want, will, measure and decree.’ The Imam , said, ‘O Yunus, it is not that, ‘there will be nothing unless Allah will want, will, measure and decree.’ O Yunus, do you know what is want?’ I said, ‘No, I do not know.’ The Imam said, ‘It is the first mention of something. Do you know what is will?’ I said, ‘No, I do not know.’ The Imam said, ‘It is the intention to do something. Do you know what measurement is?’ I said, ‘No, I do not know.’ The Imam said, ‘It is the figure, the position, the limits of survival and extinction.’
“The Imam further said, ‘The decree is the readiness and the production of substance.’ I then asked permission to kiss his head and said, ‘You just opened for me something of which I was unaware.’”