The Book of Divine Unity · Hadith 314 (#Ḥadīth #7)
Chapter 38 | The Remembrance of Allah’s Greatness, Mighty be His Glory
8 - حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن يحيى العطار رحمه الله، قال: حدثنا أبي، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن الحسن بن أبان، عن محمد بن أورمة، عن زياد القندي، عن درست، عن رجل، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام، قال: إن لله تبارك وتعالى ملكا بعد ما بين شحمة أذنه إلى عنقه مسيرة خمسمائة عام خفقان الطير.
8. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Attar said: My father said: al-Husayn ibn alHasan ibn Aban related to us, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Auramah, o the authority of Ziyad ibn al-Qandi, on the authority of Durust, on the authority of a man that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq said: “Verily, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has created an angel who is so huge that it would take a fluttering bird five hundred years to fly from its earlobe to its neck.”
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