He also said:

Muhammad ibn Alī ibn al-Jārūd narrated to us, saying: Ahmad ibn Mahdī narrated to us, saying: Āsim ibn Alī ibn Āsim narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to us, from Atā ibn al-Sā’ib, from Saīd ibn Jubayr, from Ibn Abbās, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“Reflect on everything, but do not reflect on Allah’s essence, for between the seventh heaven and His Kursī are seven thousand lights, and He is above that.”

I say: This is the wording of the hadith. As for his statement, “Between His Throne and