Muqātil, from al-Dahhāk, from Ibn ‘Abbās, who said: “Al-Samad is the One to whom people turn for their needs.”

I say: This explanation is transmitted from Ibn ‘Abbās through this chain, and al-Tabarānī relates it through this same chain. It comes through this shaykh and is weak, though it may be cited in support.

Al-Tabarānī said: “All these attributes are attributes of our Lord—glorious is His majesty—and none conflicts with another. He is solid, with no hollow interior. He is the One to whom people turn for their needs; the Master whose supremacy is absolute; the One who does not eat food; and the One who outlasts His creation.”

He also said: Muhammad ibn ‘Uthmān ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us, saying: We were told by