Al-Kāfi - The Book on Oneness of Allah (God)

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Oneness of Allah (God) Chapter: Chapter on Motion and Change 7ـ وَبِهَذَا الاسْنَادِ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َارِدٍ أَنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) سُئِلَ عَنْ قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الرَّحْ٠نُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوى‏ فَقَالَ اسْتَوَى ٠ِنْ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ فَلَيْسَ شَيْ‏ءٌ أَقْرَبَ إِلَيْهِ ٠7.

And with this chain of transmission from Sahl from al-Hasan b. Mahbub from Muhammad b. Maarid that Aba 'Abdillah (AS) was asked about the saying of Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, "The All-Beneficent, settled on the Throne." (20:5) So the Imam answered "He rose above everything [in greatness], so there is not a thing that is closer to him than any other thing." صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/71)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)