541 — Al-Firyābī also informed us, saying: ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān al-Himsī narrated to us, saying: Baqiyya narrated to us, saying: Abū ʿAmr al-Awzāʿī narrated to us, from ʿAbda ibn Abī Lubāba, who said:

Allah Most High knew what He would create and what His creation would do; then He wrote it down. Then He said to His Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace:

“Do you not know that Allah knows whatever is in heaven and earth? Indeed, that is in a Record. Indeed, that is easy for Allah.” [al-Hajj: 70]