2. My father said: `Ali ib Ibrahim said, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ibn Abu `Umayr, on the authority of `Abd Allah ibn Sinan that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq was asked to interpret the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High: His knowledge extends over the heaves and the earth.’ He said: “The heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, are in the Throne [al-kursi], and the Empyrean [al-`arsh] is the Knowledge (of Allah) over which no one has power.”

3. Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid said: Muhammad ibn al-Hasan alSaffar said: Ya`qub ibn Yazid said, on the authority of Hammad ibn `Isa, on the authority of Rabi`I, on the authority of Fjudayl ibn Yasar that I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq about the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High: His knowledge extends over the heaves and the earth.’ Consequently, he replied, “O Fudayl! The heavens and the earth and everything between them, are in the Throne.”

4. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Attar said, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, on the authority of la-0hajjal, on the authority of Thaa`labah ibn Maymun, on the authority of Zurarah that I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq about the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High His knowledge extends over the heaves and the earth: Are the heavens and the earth greater than the Throne, or is the Throne greater than the heavens and the earth? He replied, “Nay, the Throne is greater than the heavens, the earth, and the sky as the Throne encompasses everything.”

5. Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid said: al-Hasan ibn Aban said, on the authority of al-Husayn ibn Sa`id, on the authority of Fadalah, on the authority of `Abd Allah ibn Bukayr, on the authority of Zurarah that I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq about the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High His knowledge extends over the heaves and the earth: Are the heavens ad the earth greater than the Throne, or is the Throne greater than the heaves and the earth? He answered, “The Throne encompasses everything.”