within Him.’ Something similar was reported from 'Abd Allāh ibn 'Abbās, 'Abd Allāh ibn Mas'ūd in one narration, al-Hasan, 'Ikrimah, 'Atiyyah, Sa'īd ibn Jubayr, Mujāhid in one narration, and al-Dahhāk.

My father narrated to us: Qabīsah narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, from Mansūr, from Mujāhid, who said, “Al-Samad is the Solid One, who has no hollow interior.”

Abū 'Abd Allāh al-Tihrānī narrated to us: Hafs ibn 'Umar al-'Adanī narrated to us: al-Hakam ibn Abān narrated to us, from 'Ikrimah, concerning His saying, “al-Samad”: he said, “Al-Samad is the One who is not fed.”

My father narrated to us: 'Alī ibn Hāshim ibn Marzūq narrated to us: Hushaym narrated to us, from Ismā'īl ibn Abī Khālid, from al-Sha'bī, who said, “Al-Samad is the One who neither eats food nor drinks.”

My father and Abū Zur'ah narrated to us, saying: Ahmad ibn Manī' narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Maysir—meaning Abū Sa'd al-Saghānī—narrated to us: Abū Ja'far al-Rāzī narrated to us, from al-Rabī' ibn Anas, from Abū al-'Āliyah, from Ubayy ibn Ka'b, concerning His saying, “al-Samad”: he said, “Al-Samad is the One who neither begets nor is begotten, for everything that begets dies, and everything that dies leaves an inheritance. Allah neither dies nor leaves an inheritance.” Concerning “And there is none comparable to Him,” he said, “He has no likeness or equal, and there is nothing like Him.”

'Alī ibn al-Husayn narrated to us: Mahmūd ibn Khidāsh narrated to us: Abū Sa'd al-Saghānī narrated to us: Abū Ja'far al-Rāzī narrated to us, from al-Rabī' ibn Anas, from Abū al-'Āliyah, from Ubayy ibn Ka'b:

“The polytheists said, ‘Tell us your Lord’s lineage,’ so Allah revealed