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4. Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid (RA) said: Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Attar said, on the authority of Sahl ibn Ziyad, on the authority of al-Hasan ibn Musa al-Khashshab, on the authority of some of the ones he transmits from hurrying the transmission, that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS) was questioned about the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High: The Most Compassionate is firm on the Empyrean, so he (AS) replied
“He is equal in distance to everything. Therefore, He is not closer to one thing than another.”
4 - حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد رحمه الله، قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن سهل بن زياد، عن الحسن بن موسى الخشاب، عن بعض رجاله رفعه، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام أنه سئل عن قول الله عز وجل: (الرحمن على العرش استوى) فقال
استوى من كل شئ، فليس شئ أقرب إليه من شئ.
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