1. Muhammad ibn `Ali Majilwayh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Attar said, on the authority of Sahl ibn al-Adami, on the authority of al-Hasan ibn Mahbub, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Marid that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq was questioned about the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High:

The Most Compassionate is firm on the Empyrean, so he replied, “He is equal (in distance) to everything. Therefore, He is not closer to one thing than another.”