681 - Aḥmad ibn Isḥāq narrated to us, saying: Abū Aḥmad narrated to us, saying: Sufyān narrated to us regarding His statement: {and I know what you reveal and what you were concealing}, He said: What Iblīs concealed in his heart of pride, that he would not prostrate to Adam.
682 - Al-Muthannā ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to me, saying: Al-Ḥajjāj al-Anmāṭī informed us, saying: Mahdī ibn Maymūn narrated to us, saying: I heard al-Ḥasan ibn Dīnār say to al-Ḥasan—while we were sitting with him in his residence—: "O Abū Saʿīd, what do you think of Allah's statement to the angels: {and I know what you reveal and what you were concealing}, what was it that the angels concealed?" Al-Ḥasan said: "When Allah created Adam, the angels saw a remarkable creation, so something of that entered their minds. They turned to one another and kept it secret among themselves, saying: 'What does this creation matter to you? Allah will never create any creation except that we are more noble to Him than it.'"
683 - Al-Ḥasan ibn Yaḥyā narrated to us, saying: ʿAbd al-Razzāq informed us, saying: Maʿmar informed us, from Qatāda, regarding His statement: {and I know what you reveal and what you were concealing}, He said: They kept it secret among themselves, saying: "Allah creates whatever He wills to create, but He will never create any creation except that we are more noble to Him than it."
684 - Al-Muthannā narrated to me, saying: Isḥāq narrated to us, saying: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī
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