Ahmad al-Dīnawarī narrated to us; al-Hakam ibn Zuhayr narrated to us, from Ma‘mar, from Ubayy ibn Ka‘b, who said: ‘Al-Samad is the One from whom nothing comes forth, who did not come forth from anything, who neither begets nor is born.’” This was also related from ‘Atā’.

Al-Hasan and Qatāda said: “The One who remains after the passing away of