hadith
139
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18. My father (RA) said: Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah said on the authority of al-Qasim ibn Muhammad alIsfahani, on the authority of Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Minqari, on the authority of Hafs ibn Ghiyath or someone else that
I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS) about the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High: Certainly, he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.2 He (AS) replied: “He saw Jibra`il. His thighs were covered in pearls like dew drops on plants. He had six hundred wings. He filled the space between the sky and the Earth.”
18 - أبي رحمه الله، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن القاسم بن محمد الإصفهاني عن سليمان بن داود المنقري، عن حفص بن غياث أو غيره، قال
سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن قول الله عز وجل: ﴿لقد رأى من آيات ربه الكبرى﴾ (٢) قال: رأى جبرئيل على ساقه الدر مثل القطر على البقل، له ستمائة جناح قد ملأ ما بين السماء إلى الأرض.
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Divine Transcendence
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