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Abū al-Shaykh and others, from Ibn ‘Abbās, who said:
“The seven heavens and the seven earths, and all that is within them and between them, are no more in the hand of the Most Merciful than a mustard seed in the hand of one of you.”
In another wording: “They disappear within His hand until neither end of them can be seen.”
The forty-sixth point:
His statement: “Thus they affirmed for Allah a face unlike
أبوالشيخ وغيره،
عن ابن عباس قال:
«ما السموات السبع والأرضون السبع، وما فيهن وما بينهن في يد الرحمن إلا كخردلة في يد أحدكم»
. وفي لفظ
«إنها لتغيب في يده حتى لا يرى طرفاها»
.
الوجه السادس والأربعون:
قوله: «فأثبتوا لله وجهًا بخلاف