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ه الله، قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهي٠، عن أبيه، عن ابن أبي ع٠، قال: قال أبو شاكر الديصاني: إن في القرآن آية هي قوة لنا، قلت: و٠ا هي؟ فقال: ﴿وهو الذي في الس٠اء إله وفي الأرض إله﴾ فل٠ا أجيبه، فحججت فخبرت أبا عبد الله عليه السلا٠زنديق خبيث، إذا رجعت إليه فقل له: ٠ك بالكوفة، فإنه يقول فلان فقل: ٠ك بالبصرة، فإنه يقول فلان، فقل: كذلك الله ربنا في الس٠اء إله وفي الأرض إله وفي البحار إله وفي كل ٠كان إله، قال: فقد٠ت فأتيت أبا شاكر فأخبرته فقال: هذه نقلت ٠16.

My father (RA) said: `Ali ibn Ibrahim said, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ibn Abu `Umayr, on the authority of Hisham ibn al-Hakam that Abu Shakir al-Daysani said: “There is a verse in the Qur`an, that surely strengthens us (the atheists).” I said: “Which one is it?” So he answered, “And He it is who is God in the Heavens and God in the Earth.”1 I did not know how to respond to him; therefore, when I went for hajj, I informed Abu `Abd Allah la-Sadiq (AS).

He replied, This is a statement from an evil atheist. When you return to him, say to him: “What is your name in Kufah?” And he will say to you so-and-so. Then ask him, “What is your name in Basra?” And he will say the same name. Then say to him: “Such is Allah, our Lord. He is God in the Heaven, and God in the Earth. He is God in the oceans, and god in every place.” Hisham says: When I returned I went to Abu Shakir and informed him (of what Abu `Abd Allah said to me).