His saying, the Exalted: "Say, if you conceal what is in your hearts or reveal it, Allah knows it."

3389 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, 'Amr b. Hammad reported to us, Asbat reported to us, from al-Suddi, meaning His saying: "Say, if you conceal what is in your hearts or reveal it, Allah knows it," for He informed them that He knows what they have kept secret of that and what they have declared. He said: "If you reveal anything or conceal it, verily Allah knows it."

3390 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Yahya b. 'Abd Allah b. Bukayr reported to us, Ibn Lahi'ah reported to us, 'Ata' b. Dinar narrated to me, from Sa'id b. Jubayr, he said: Ibn 'Abbas said: Allah created the Preserved Tablet (al-Lawh al-Mahfuz) as a distance of a hundred years. He said to the Pen, before He created the creation, while He was upon the Throne: "Write!" The Pen said: "And what shall I write?" He said: "My knowledge of My creation until the Day of Resurrection." So the Pen wrote what was to be in the knowledge of Allah until the Day of Resurrection. That is why He says to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: "Verily Allah knows what is in the heavens and the earth."

3391 - Muhammad b. al-'Abbas narrated to us, Zunayj reported to us, Salamah reported to us, Muhammad b. Ishaq reported to us: "And Allah is over all things capable," meaning that Allah is capable over everything He wills for His servants, whether it be retribution or pardon.

His saying, the Exalted: "The day every soul will find what it has done of good, presented"

3392 - Al-Hasan b. Ahmad narrated to us, Ishaq b. Isma'il reported to us, Ibn Zuray' reported to us, Sa'id reported to us, from Qatadah: His saying: "The day every soul will find what it has done of good, presented," he says: Provided in full.

3393 - 'Ali b. al-Husayn narrated to us, 'Ali b. Zanjah reported to us, 'Ali b. al-Hasan—meaning Ibn Shaqiq—reported to us, from al-Husayn b. Waqid, from Matar, regarding His saying: "The day every soul will find what it has done of good, presented," he said: Provided in full and stored.

His saying, the Exalted: "And what it has done of evil, it will wish that between itself and that there was a great distance."

[The First Aspect]

3394 - Al-Hasan b. Ahmad narrated to us, Musa b. Muhkam reported to us, Abu Bakr al-Hanafi reported to us, 'Abbad b. Mansur reported to us, he said: I asked al-Hasan about His saying: "And what it has done of evil, it will wish that between itself and that there was a great distance." He said: It would please one of them never to meet that deed of his ever; that would be his wish. As for in the world, he used to find pleasure in his sin.

3395 - My father narrated to us, 'Ali b. al-Husayn al-Dirhami reported to us, al-Mu'tamir reported to us, from Abu 'Amir