Sharh Usul Itiqad Ahl al-Sunnah wa-al-Jamaah - Al-Lalakai - (4/776)

1303—Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad informed us, saying: I heard Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ahmad al-Jurjani recite from memory in Baghdad, saying: I heard Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub say: I heard al-Rabi‘ say: Al-Shafi‘i recited the following verses to me.

1304—Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Hafs al-Muqri’ informed me, saying: Muhammad ibn al-‘Abbas ibn al-Fadl related to us; ‘Imran ibn Musa related to us; al-Rabi‘ ibn Sulayman related to me ⦗777⦘, saying: I was sitting with al-Shafi‘i when the matter of divine decree was mentioned, and he began to recite:

[In the mutaqarib meter]

What You will comes to pass, though I do not will it;
And what I will, if You do not will it, shall never be.

You created Your servants according to what You knew;
By that knowledge, both young and old proceed.

Upon one You bestowed grace, while another You forsook;
One You aided, and another You did not aid.

Among them are wretched, and among them are blessed;
Among them are ugly, and among them are fair.

١٣٠٣ - وَأَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْفَضْلِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْجُرْجَانِيَّ مِنْ حِفْظِهِ بِبَغْدَادَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ يَعْقُوبَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الرَّبِيعَ يَقُولُ: أَنْشِدْنِي الشَّافِعِيُّ ح ١٣٠٤ - وَأَخْبَرَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَفْصٍ الْمُقْرِئُ، قَالَ: ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ، قَالَ: ثنا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ⦗٧٧٧⦘ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ الشَّافِعِيِّ وَذُكِرَ الْقَدَرُ، فَأَنْشَأَ يَقُولُ: [البحر المتقارب] مَا شِئْتَ كَانَ وَإِنْ لَمْ أَشَأْ ... وَمَا شِئْتَ إِنْ لَمْ تَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ خَلَقْتَ الْعِبَادَ عَلَى مَا عَلِمْتَ ... فَفِي الْعِلْمِ يَجْرِي الْفَتَى وَالْمُسِنْ عَلَى ذَا مَنَنْتَ وَهَذَا خَذَلْتَ ... وَهَذَا أَعَنْتَ وَذَا لَمْ تُعِنْ فَمِنْهُمْ شَقِيٌّ وَمِنْهُمْ سَعِيدٌ ... وَمِنْهُمْ قَبِيحٌ وَمِنْهُمْ حَسَنْ