they both said: al-Raffā narrated to us; ʿUmar ibn Hafs narrated to us; ʿĀsim ibn ʿAlī al-Masʿūdī narrated to us. h (change of chain). Muhammad ibn Mahmūd also informed us; al-Idrīsī informed us; Abū Saʿd the Ascetic narrated to us; Ibn Kudā narrated to us; ʿUbayd Allāh narrated to us, from al-Masʿūdī, from ʿAmr ibn Murrah, from Abū ʿUbaydah, from Abū Mūsā, may Allah be pleased with him, who said that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stood among them and made four statements:

“Allah Most High does not sleep, nor is it fitting for Him to sleep. He lowers the balance and raises it. The deeds of the night are raised to Him before the day, and the deeds of the day before the night. His veil is fire; if He were to remove it, the radiance of His Face would burn up everything within reach.”

• (8) Chapter: An Exposition That Allah, Blessed, Exalted, and Holy, Is a Thing)

8 - Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh, the judge, narrated to us by dictation; Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Busrī al-Rāzī narrated to us in Kufa; Ahmad ibn Mūsā al-Tamīmī narrated to us; Abū Nuʿaym narrated to us