أوَّلُ ما خَلَقَ اللّه‏ُ The First Thing that Allah – Glory be to Him – Created

4ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : إنَّ أوَّلَ شَيْءٍ خَلقَهُ اللّه‏ُ القَلَمُ ، فأمَرهُ فكَتَبَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ يَكونُ .

4– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily the first thing that Allah created was the Pen, and then He commanded it and it wrote everything that is to be.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 15115]
 

5ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : أوَّلُ ما خَلَقَ اللّه‏ُ العقَلُ .

5– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The first thing that Allah created was the intellect.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 1, p. 97, no. 8]
 

6ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : أوَّلُ ما خَلقَ اللّه‏ُ نُوري .

6– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The first thing that Allah created was my light.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 1, p. 97, no. 7]
 

7ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : إنَّ أوَّلَ ما خَلقَ اللّه‏ُ عزّوجلّ أرْواحُنا ، فأنْطَقَها بتَوحيدِهِ وتَمْجيدِهِ ، ثُمَّ خَلقَ المَلائكَةَ.

7– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily the first thing that Allah – Mighty and Exalted – created was our spirits and then He spoke to them of His Unity and Majesty, then He created the angels.’[`AUyun Akbar al-Ridha (AS), v. 1, p. 262, no. 22]
 

8ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ وقد سئلَ عَن أوَّلِ ما خَلقَ اللّه‏ُ ـ : خَلقَ النُّورَ.

8– Imam Ali (AS), when asked about what Allah first created, said, ‘He created light.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 57, p. 73, no. 49]
 

9ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أوَّلُ شَيءٍ خَلقَهُ مِن خَلْقِهِ الشّيءُ الّذي جَميعُ الأشياءِ مِنهُ ، وهُو الماءُ.

9– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘The first thing that He created from His creation was the substance that all things come from, and that is water.’[al-Tawhid, p. 68, no. 20]