He [Ibn Abbas] said: "The first thing Allah created was the Pen. He said: 'Write.' It asked: 'My Lord, what shall I write?' He replied: 'Write what is to be.' So the Pen recorded everything that is to be until the Day of Resurrection."
قَالَ: " أَوَّلُ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْقَلَمُ فَقَالَ: اكْتُبْ. قَالَ: رَبِّ؛ مَا أَكْتُبُ؟! قَالَ: مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ. فَجَرَى الْقَلَمُ بِمَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ".
