1. My father said: Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah said, on the authority of al-Qasim ibn Muhammad, on the authority of Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Minqari, on the authority of Hafs ibn Ghiyah 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.’ He replied, “His Knowledge.”