demonstrates the immense greatness of the Lord, who grasps the earth and rolls up the heavens. This describes positive realities that entail His immense greatness, unlike pure negations. Thus, in the hadith of Ibn ‘Umar recorded in the Sahīh, he said:

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘The Compeller takes His heavens and His earth in His two hands.’ He clenched his palms—or he said, ‘his hands’—and began clenching and opening them. ‘Then He says: “I am the King! Where are the tyrants? Where are the arrogant?”’ The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) swayed to his right and left, until I looked at the pulpit from its very base, wondering: ‘Will it collapse with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) upon it?’”

In the narration transmitted by ‘Umar ibn Hamzah, he said: Sālim said: “I was informed by ‘Abd Allāh ibn