and Imām Ahmad also narrated it in his Musnad, as did al-Tirmidhī in his Jāmi'. He said: Ahmad ibn Manī' narrated to us: Abū Sa'd—that is, al-Sāghānī—narrated to us, from Abū Ja'far al-Rāzī, from al-Rabī' ibn Anas, from Abū al-'Āliyah, from Ubayy ibn Ka'b, who related that the polytheists said to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, “Tell us the lineage of your Lord.” Allah Most High then revealed:

“Say: He is Allah, the One. (1) Allah, the Eternal Refuge.”

He said: “Al-Samad is the One who neither begets nor is begotten, for everything that is born will die, and everything that dies will leave an inheritance. Allah neither dies nor leaves an inheritance.”

“And there is none comparable to Him”: he said, “He has no likeness or equal, and there is nothing like Him.”

Al-Tirmidhī said: 'Abd al-Rahmān ibn Humayd narrated to us, saying: We were told by