Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1, narration 55

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The meaning of the Throne and the Chair

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Arabic text

حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن القاسم بن محمد. عن سليمان بن داود المنقري، عن حفص بن غياث، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن قول الله عز وجل: " وسع كرسيه السماوات والأرض " قال: علمه .

Translation

2. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, of Qasim bin Muhammed, of Sulayman bin Dawud al-Manqari, of Hafs bin Ghiyath, that he said: I asked Abu Abdillah (as), about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «His Chair extends over the Heavens and the earth» . He said: His Knowledge.

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  1. 2. We were told by my father, may

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