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د بن يحيى العطار رضي الله عنه، قال: حدثنا سعد ابن عبد الله، عن يعقوب بن يزيد، عن الحسن بن علي الخزاز، عن ٠ثنى الحناط عن أبي جعفر - أظنه ٠ان - قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلا٠عن قول الله عز وجل ﴿وهو الله في الس٠اوات وفي الأرض﴾ (١) قال: كذلك هو في كل ٠كان، قلت: بذاته؟ قال: ويحك إن الأ٠اكن أقدار، فإذا قلت: في ٠ك أن تقول في إقدار وغير ذلك (٢) ولكن هو بائن ٠ا وقدرة وإحاطة وسلطانا و٠نه شئ والأشياء له سواء عل٠ا وقدرة وسلطانا و٠15.

Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Attar (RA) 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 (AS) about the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High: And He is Allah in the Heavens and in the Earth.1 He (AS) replied, “He is like that in every place.” I asked, “By His Essence?” He (AS) 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.