ʿUyaynah, who said: “Rabiʿah ibn Abi ʿAbd al-Rahman was asked about the Almighty’s words, ‘The Most Merciful rose over the Throne’ (Taha 20:5): ‘How did He rise?’ He answered, ‘al-istiwaʾ (establishment over the Throne) is not unknown, but its modality is beyond human comprehension. The message is from Allah; upon the Messenger is its clear delivery; and upon us is to believe it.’ This very wording is also transmitted from Malik ibn Anas, Rabiʿah’s disciple, from