is there any of Your creation stronger than water? He said: Yes, the wind. They said: O Lord, is there any of Your creation stronger than the wind? He said: Yes, the son of Adam who gives charity with his right hand and conceals it from his left.(1)
16513 - My father narrated to us, Abu Nu'aym narrated to us, Talhah ibn 'Amr narrated to us, from 'Ata', who said: The first mountain placed upon the earth was Abu Qubays.
16514 - My father narrated to us, Hisham ibn Khalid narrated to us, Shu'ayb narrated to us, Sa'id narrated to us, from Qatadah regarding His saying: "firm mountains," meaning: mountains.
His saying, the Exalted: "And set a barrier between the two seas."
[The first interpretation]
16515 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, from Juwaybir, from 'Amr, from al-Hasan regarding His saying: "And set a barrier between the two seas," he said: The sea of Persia and the [sea of the] Byzantines.
[The second interpretation]
16516 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, 'Uqbah narrated to me, from Isra'il, from Jabir, from Mujahid, who said: A sea in the sky and a sea on the earth.
16517 - 'Abd Allah ibn Sulayman narrated to us, al-Husayn ibn 'Ali narrated to us, 'Amir narrated to us, from Asbat, regarding "And set a barrier between the two seas," he said: They are the sea of al-Sham and the sea of Iraq, and the people are between them.
His saying, the Exalted: "a barrier"
16518 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Hani ibn Sa'id narrated to us, from Juwaybir, from al-Dahhak: Then He set a barrier between them by His command; the salty [water] does not flow over the fresh, nor does the fresh [flow] over the salty.
His saying, the Exalted: "Is there a god with Allah? Nay, most of them do not know."
Its interpretation has already preceded.
His saying, the Exalted: "Or who answers the distressed one when he calls upon Him"
16519 - My father narrated to us, 'Ali ibn Hashim narrated to us, 'Abdah ibn Nuh narrated to us, from 'Umar ibn Hajjaj,
(1). Musnad al-Imam Ahmad 3/124.