سورة النجم

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: وَ أَنَّ إِلی رَبِّکَ المُنتَهَی [And that to your Lord is the goal] — meaning, whenever speech reaches Allah, say nothing further.

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Zurara said: I said to Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): "People before us have spoken much on the topic of the attributes of Allah; so what do you say?" He said: "It is disliked and unpleasant. Do you not hear that Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: وَ أَنَّ إِلی رَبِّکَ المُنْتَهی [And that to your Lord is the goal] — in the meaning that has passed — and He said: speak on what is other than that."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): When speech reaches Allah, hold back and speak about what is below the Throne, and do not speak about what is above the Throne. For a people spoke about what is above the Throne, and their minds became bewildered, to the point that a man would be called from in front of him and he would answer from behind him, and be called from behind him and he would answer from in front of him.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): As for the refutation of the Mushabbiha (anthropomorphists), Allah the Mighty and Majestic said: وَ أَنَّ إِلَی رَبِّکَ الْمُنْتَهَی [And that to your Lord is the goal]; meaning, when speech reaches Allah, hold back and speak about what is below Him — such as the Throne and what is below it. And regarding speech whose addressee is the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) while the one meant is other than him — of that is the saying of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: "And do not set up with Allah another deity, lest you be cast into Hell, blamed and rejected." (al-Isra 17:39)

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): A king of high rank, in his assembly, spoke improperly of the Lord, Blessed and Exalted; after that he disappeared, and it was not known where he had gone.

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): O Ziyad! Beware of disputes, for they bring on doubt, nullify one's deeds, and destroy the one engaged in them. It may well be that a man utters something for which he will not be forgiven. O Ziyad! In times past there was a people who abandoned the knowledge of what they had been entrusted with and sought knowledge of what they had been spared, until their speech reached Allah the Mighty and Majestic and they became bewildered — to the point that a man would be called from in front of him and he would answer from behind him, or called from behind him and he would answer from in front of him.