The Book of Divine Unity · Hadith 353 (#Ḥadīth #2)

2 - أبي رحمه الله، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن محمد بن الحسين عن صفوان بن يحيى، عن عبد الرحمن بن الحجاج، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن قول الله عز وجل: (الرحمن على العرش استوى ) فقال: استوى من كل شئ، فليس شئ أقرب إليه من شئ، لم يبعد منه بعيد، ولم يقرب منه قريب، استوى من كل شئ .

2. My father said: Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah said, on the authority of Muhammad ibn al-Husayn, on the authority of Safwan ibn Yahya, on the authority of `Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj that I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq about the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High: The Most Compassionate is firm on the Empyrean, so he answered, “He is equal with everything. Nothing is closer to Him than another. What is far is not far from Him, and what is close is not close to Him. He is equal in distance to everything.”

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