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665 – Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn al-Qasim ibn Shaynāk al-Nahāwandī informed us ⦗442⦘: Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Mahmūd ibn Yahya Dawud al-Nahāwandī related to us in Nahāwand in the year 312 AH. He said: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sadaqah related to us. He said: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Sa‘id al-Qattān related to us, from Yahya ibn Adam, from Ibn Uyaynah, who said:
Rabi‘ah was asked about Allah’s saying, “The Most Merciful rose over the Throne” [Ta Ha 20:5]: “How did He rise?” He replied: “His rising over is not unknown, but its manner is beyond comprehension. The message is from Allah, the Messenger’s duty is to convey it, and ours is to affirm it as true.”
٦٦٥ - أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ شَيْنَكٍ النَّهَاوَنْدِيُّ، قَالَ ⦗٤٤٢⦘: ثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ يَحْيَى دَاوُدُ النَّهَاوَنْدِيُّ بِنَهَاوَنْدَ سَنَةَ ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ قَالَ: ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ، قَالَ: ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ آدَمَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ، قَالَ: سُئِلَ رَبِيعَةُ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ ﴿الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَى﴾ [طه: ٥] كَيْفَ اسْتَوَى؟ قَالَ: «الِاسْتِوَاءُ غَيْرُ مَجْهُوَلٍ وَالْكَيْفُ غَيْرُ مَعْقُولٍ , وَمِنَ اللَّهِ الرِّسَالَةُ وَعَلَى الرَّسُولِ الْبَلَاغُ , وَعَلَيْنَا التَّصْدِيقُ»