Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 3 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 186

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ لِأَحْمَدَ أَنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى الْقَلَمُ فَقَالَ لَهُ : اكْتُبْ فَجَرَى فِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ بِمَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»

In a narration by Ahmad: 'The first thing Allah the Almighty created was the Pen, and He said to it: Write. So, at that very moment, it recorded everything that will exist until the Day of Resurrection' (1).

مُلَاطَفَةُ الْأَبْنَاءِ بِالْمَوْعِظَةِ وَتُؤْخَذُ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ : «يَا بُنَيَّ».

1- Being gentle with children when offering advice, which is derived from his saying: 'O my son'.

أَنَّهُ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُلَقَّنَ الْأَبْنَاءُ الْأَحْكَامَ بِأَدِلَّتِهَا، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَقُلْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ .. وَسَكَتَ وَلَكِنَّهُ أَسْنَدَ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ ﷺ فَمَثَلًا إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَقُولَ لِابْنِكَ سَمِّ اللَّهَ عَلَى الْأَكْلِ، وَاحْمَدِ اللَّهَ إِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا قُلْتَ ذَلِكَ يَحْصُلُ بِهِ الْمَقْصُودُ، لَكِنْ إِذَا قُلْتَ سَمِّ اللَّهَ عَلَى الْأَكْلِ، وَاحْمَدِ اللَّهَ إِذَا فَرَغْتَ لِأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ - - يَقُولُ : «إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيَرْضَى عَنِ الْعَبْدِ يَأْكُلُ الْأَكْلَةَ فَيَحْمَدُهُ عَلَيْهَا، وَيَشْرَبُ الشَّرْبَةَ فَيَحْمَدُهُ عَلَيْهَا» (٢) ، إِذَا فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ اسْتَفَدْتَ فَائِدَتَيْنِ

2- Children should be taught rulings along with their proofs; for he did not just say 'Allah has written' and stop, but rather he attributed it to the Messenger (peace be upon him). For example, if you want to tell your son to say 'Bismillah' (in the name of Allah) when eating and to praise Allah when he finishes, you will achieve the goal if you say that. However, if you say: 'Say Bismillah when eating and praise Allah when you finish, because the Prophet (peace be upon him) says: "Allah is pleased with the servant who eats a meal and praises Him for it, or drinks a drink and praises Him for it" (2),' then by doing so, you gain two benefits:

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Vocabulary · المفردات (27 verbs · 35 nouns)

• خَلَقَ — to create
• قَالَ — to say
• كَتَبَ — to write
• رِوَايَة — narration
• أَوَّل — first
• قَلَم — pen