2. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, of Qasim bin Muhammed, of Sulayman bin Dawud al-Manqari, of Hafs bin Ghiyath, that he said: I asked Abu Abdillah , about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «His Chair extends over the Heavens and the earth» . He said: His Knowledge.