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.”