687 — Abū al-Fadl Jafar ibn Muhammad al-Sandalī also narrated to us: Zuhayr ibn Muhammad al-Marwazī narrated to us: Āsim ibn Alī narrated to us: Qays ibn al-Rabī narrated to us, from Āsim ibn Sulaymān, from Ikrima, from Ibn Abbās, who said:

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