5. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Attar said: Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah related to me, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Abu `Abd Allah, on the authority of Ya`qub ibn Yazid, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abu `Umayr, on the authority of one he mentioned, that Abu `Abd Allah said:

Iblis said to `Isa the son of Maryam : “Does Your Lord have the omnipotence to place Earth inside an egg, without making the Earth smaller or the egg any bigger?” Thus, `Isa replied, “Woe unto you! Verily, Allah cannot be described with limits. Who has more power than He who diminishes the Earth, and enlarges the egg?”