[11] Al-Kursi encompass the whole Universe...
[11] Al-Kursi encompass the whole Universe: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَجَّالِ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ- وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ الْأَرْضُ وَسِعْنَ الْكُرْسِيَّ أَمِ الْكُرْسِيُّ وَسِعَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ فَقَالَ بَلِ الْكُرْسِيُّ وَسِعَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ وَ الْعَرْشَ وَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَسِعَ الْكُرْسِيُ Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Hajjal form Tha‘labah ibn Maymun from Zurarah ibn ’A‘yun who has said the following.
“I asked Imam Abu ‘Abdallah -asws , ‘The heavens and the earth are (contained in His Al-Kursi) under His dominion . .
.’ Do the heavens and earth contain the Al-Kursi or that the latter contains the former?” He said that it is Al-Kursi that contains the heavens and earth and all things are contained in Al-Kursi.” [12] عن الأصبغ بن نباتة قال سئل أمير المؤمنين ع عن قول الله «وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ» فقال: إن السماء و الأرض و ما فيهما- من خلق مخلوق في جوف الكرسي- و له أربعة أملاك يحملونه بإذن الله.
My father narrated to me, from Is’haq Bin Al-Haysam, from Sa’ad Bin Tareyf, from Al-Asbagh Bin Nabata, ‘Ali -asws was asked about the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic His Chair contains the skies and the earth, So he -asws said: ‘The skies, and the earth, and whatever is within these from the creation, are within the Chair, and for it there are four Angels carrying it by the Permission of Allah -azwj .
[13] The example of the Vastness of Al-Kursi: عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَحْدَهُ فَاغْتَنَمْتُ خَلْوَتَهُ فَقَالَ لِي يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا السَّمَاوَاتُ السَّبْعُ فِي الْكُرْسِيِ إِلَّا كَحَلْقَةٍ مُلْقَاةٍ فِي أَرْضِ فَلَاةٍ وَ فَضْلُ الْعَرْشِ عَلَى الْكُرْسِيِ كَفَضْلِ الْفَلَاةِ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَلْقَة On the authority of Ubayd ibn Umar al-Laysee, on the authority of Abuzar -ra – May Allah’s Mercy be shown to him – said: I went to visit Allah’s Messenger -saww , said: Abuzar -ra , the seven Heavens in comparison the Chair is just like a ring which is dropped in a desert.
Land, the superiority of the Throne over the Chair is like the superiority of the desert land over that ring.
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