686 — Abū Bakr Abd Allāh ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hamīd al-Wāsitī narrated to us: Abd al-Wahhāb al-Warrāq narrated to us: Abū al-Nadr Hāshim ibn al-Qāsim narrated to us, from Qays ibn al-Rabī, from Āsim al-Ahwal, from Ikrima, from Ibn Abbās, who said:

“Indeed, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, chose Abraham, peace be upon him, for intimate friendship; He chose Moses, peace be upon him, for direct speech; and He chose Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, for the vision of Him.”