15. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Attar said: Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah said, on the authority of Ya`qub ibn Yazid, on the authority of al-Hasan ibn `Ali al-Khazzaz, on the authority of Muthanna alKhannat, on the authority of Abu Ja`far (I think it is Muhammad ibn Nu`man)

that I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq about the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High: And He is Allah in the Heavens and in the Earth.1 He replied, “He is like that in every place.” I asked, “By His Essence?” He responded, Woe unto you! Place implies restriction. If you say: He is in a place by His Essence, it necessarily implies restrictions and other than that. However, He is Evident in His Creation. He encompasses whatever He created through His Knowledge, Omnipotence, Omniscience, Reign, and Sovereignty. His Knowledge of whatever is in the Earth is not less than His Knowledge of what is in the Heavens. Nothing is far from Him. His Knowledge, Omnipotence, Reign, Sovereignty, and Omniscience embrace all things.