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The two Sahīh collections also relate from Ibn Mas‘ūd:
“A Jewish man said to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ‘On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will hold the heaven on one finger, the earth on one finger, the trees and soil on one finger, the mountains on one finger, and all creatures on one finger.’
“He said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, laughed in amazement and in affirmation of the rabbi’s statement. Then he recited the verse beginning, ‘They have not esteemed Allah as He deserves.’”
Here is clear evidence from the acts of the Lord, blessed and exalted is He, that refutes the specious arguments of the philosophizers.
وَفِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ عَنْ
{ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْيَهُودِ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إنَّ اللَّهَ إذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ فَإِنَّهُ يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاءَ عَلَى إصْبَعٍ وَالْأَرْضَ عَلَى إصْبَعٍ وَالشَّجَرَ وَالثَّرَى عَلَى إصْبَعٍ وَالْجِبَالَ عَلَى إصْبَعٍ وَالْخَلَائِقَ عَلَى إصْبَعٍ.
قَالَ:
فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَعَجُّبًا وَتَصْدِيقًا لِقَوْلِ الْحَبْرِ؛ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ قَوْله تَعَالَى {وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ}
الْآيَةَ.} فَهَذَا بَيِّنٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الرَّبِّ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى مَا يَدْفَعُ شُبَهَ الْمُتَفَلْسِفَةِ.