866—‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad informed us; ‘Uthman ibn Ahmad informed us, who said: Idris ibn ‘Abd al-Karim narrated to us; he said: Harun ibn ‘Abd Allah narrated to me; he said: Husayn al-Ju‘fi narrated to us, from ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Abjar, from Thuwayr, from Ibn ‘Umar, who said:

“Indeed, the lowest-ranking inhabitant of Paradise is one who will look upon his dominion for two thousand years, seeing its nearest part just as he sees its farthest part. And the highest-ranking among them is the one who will look upon the Face of Allah twice every day.” ⦗554⦘

The statement of Anas ibn Malik has already appeared in the commentary. What has been narrated from the Successors has already been mentioned from Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyib, Mujahid, ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla, ‘Amir ibn Sa‘d, ‘Ikrima, Qatada, and ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Sabit in the commentary on the verses.