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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The First of Created Things: The Throne and the Pen

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Question:
This questioner says: Is the statement that one does not know what the first thing Allah created among the creatures a correct statement?

Answer:
What business do you have with this? What business do you have with knowing the first thing Allah created?
the first of what Allah created was the Penأول ما خلق الله القلم
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3319Sahih (Darussalam)
As mentioned in the hadith, and before that is the Throne. The Throne came before the Pen, but when Allah created the Pen, He said to it, "Write." He said to it, "Write." Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) says that people differ regarding the Pen with which the decree was written: was it before the Throne or after it? There are two opinions among the scholars. The truth is that the Throne was first, because at the time of the writing, it had pillars. The Pen came after the creation of the Throne, but the writing coincided with the existence of the Pen. The first thing Allah created was the Pen, and He said to it, "Write."

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، باب من أمارات الساعة — youtube.com (43:45)

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