٤ - وبهذا الإسناد، عن هشام بن سالم وحفص بن البختري وغيرهما، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام في هذه الآية ﴿يمحوا الله ما يشاء ويثبت﴾  قال: فقال: وهل يمحو الله إلا ما كان وهل يثبت إلا ما لم يكن؟!. 
4. And with the same chain of transmission, on the authority of Hisham ibn Salim and Hafs ibn al-Bakhtari and other these two, that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq  was asked to interpret this verse: Allah makes to pass away and establishes what He pleases. He  said: “Does Allah destroy other than what exists? And does He establish other than that which was nonexistent?”