١٢ - أبي رحمه الله قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن هشام بن سالم، عن محمد بن مسلم، عن أبي - جعفر عليه السلام، قال: سمعته يقول: كان الله ولا شئ غيره، ولم يزل عالما بما كون. فعلمه به قبل كونه كعلمه به بعد ما كونه. 
12. My father  said: Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Attar said, on the authority of Muhammad ibn alHusayn ibn Abu al-Khattab, on the authority of Ibn Abu `Umayr, on the authority of Hisham ibn Salim, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Muslim that I heard Abu Ja`far al-Baqir  say: “Allah was there when there was nothing other than Him. He has always been All-Knowing of what He has created. Therefore, His Knowledge of thins before their being is exactly the same as His Knowledge of things after their creation.”