2. Abu ‘Ubaydah Ma‘mar ibn al-Muthanna (d. 209 AH).

[Al-‘Arsh by al-Dhahabi (4), and Majmu‘ al-Fatawa by Ibn Taymiyyah (5/520)].

3. Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (d. 310 AH), may Allah have mercy on him.

[Al-Tafsir (1/192), (13/94), (19/28), and Al-‘Arsh by al-Dhahabi (3)].

4. Abu al-‘Abbas Tha‘lab, Ahmad ibn Yahya (d. 291 AH), may Allah have mercy on him.

[I‘tiqad Ahl al-Sunnah by al-Lalika’i (668)].

(2) – In the sense of: irtafa‘a (He rose/ascended).

Among those who held this view:

1. Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both. [Tafsir al-Baghawi (1/59)].

2. Abu al-‘Aliyah (d. 93 AH), may Allah have mercy on him. [Reported by al-Bukhari as a mu‘allaq (suspended) narration (4/387), and Tafsir Ibn Abi Hatim (308)].

3. Al-Hasan al-Basri (d. 110 AH), may Allah have mercy on him. [Tafsir Ibn Abi Hatim (308), and Al-Arba‘in by al-Dhahabi (p. 37)].

4. Al-Rabi‘ ibn Anas (d. 140 AH), may Allah have mercy on him. [Tafsir Ibn Jarir al-Tabari (1/191) and Tafsir Ibn Abi Hatim (308)].

5. Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad (d. 170 AH), may Allah have mercy on him. [Al-‘Arsh by al-Dhahabi (12)].