759 — Ja‘far ibn Muhammad al-Sandalī narrated to us, saying: Zuhayr ibn Muhammad al-Marwazī narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn al-Minhāl al-Darīr narrated to us, saying: Yazīd ibn Zuray‘ narrated to us, saying: Sa‘īd ibn Abī ‘Arūbah narrated to us, from Qatādah, from Anas, that Ka‘b al-Ahbār said:

“Allah, Mighty and Majestic, touched nothing with His Hand except three things: He created Adam with His Hand, wrote the Torah with His Hand, and planted Paradise with His Hand. He then said, ‘Speak,’ and it said, ‘The believers have indeed succeeded.’ [al-Mu’minūn: 1]”