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4. My father (RA) said: Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah said, on the authority of Salamah ibn al-Khattab, on the authority of al-Qasim ibn Yahya, on the authority of his grandfather al-Hasan ibn alRashid that
I asked Abu al-Hasan Musa ibn Ja`far (AS) about the meaning of Allah. He (AS) answerd, “He overwhelms both the mighty and subtle.”
4 - حدثنا أبي رحمه الله، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن سلمة بن الخطاب عن القاسم بن يحيى، عن جده الحسن بن راشد، عن أبي الحسن موسى بن جعفر عليهما السلام، قال
سألته عن معنى الله، قال: استولى على ما دق وجل .
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- Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār #9 He was asked about the meaning of Allah, Glorious and Exalted is He, so he said: He has taken possession over the tiny and the magnified.
- Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara #510 He (the Imam) was asked about the meaning of Allah so he said: The one who rules over what is lowly and great.