413 — Al-Firyābī informed us, saying: Ibrāhīm ibn Abd Allah al-Harawī narrated to us, saying: Abbād ibn al-Awwām narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Wāhid ibn Sulaym narrated to us, from Atā, from Ibn Abbās, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said: I was riding behind the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when he said to me, “Be mindful of Allah, and He will protect you. Be mindful of Allah, and you will find Him before you. When you ask, ask Allah; and when you seek help, seek Allah’s help. The pens have been lifted and the scrolls have dried. By Him in whose hand is my soul, if the entire nation ⦗832⦘ came together to benefit you with anything other than what Allah, Glorious and Exalted, had decreed for you, they would be unable to do so; and if they sought to harm you with anything other than what Allah had decreed for you, they would be unable to do so”—or he said, “They would have no power to do so.”