2581 - My father narrated to us, Abu Salih reported to us, Mu'awiyah b. Salih narrated to me, from 'Ali b. Abi Talhah, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding: "Nor sleep"—he said: Sleep is sleep.

And the Second Perspective:

2582 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashaj narrated to us, 'Abdah reported to us, from Juwaybir, from al-Dahhak regarding "Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep"—he said: Sleep is heavy slumber.

And the Third Perspective:

2583 - My father narrated to us, Abu Hamzah al-Asli reported to us, Ya'qub b. Ishaq reported to us, Abu Bakr al-Hudhali reported to us, from Sa'id b. Jubayr regarding "nor sleep"—he said: Sleep is being overcome [by it]. It was reported from al-Hasan similarly.

His saying, the Exalted: "To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth"

2584 - al-Hasan b. Abi al-Rabi' narrated to us, 'Abd al-Razzaq reported to us, from Ma'mar, al-Hakam b. Abban reported to us, from 'Ikrimah, the client of Ibn 'Abbas, regarding His saying: "Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep," that Musa, peace and blessings be upon him, asked the angels: "Does Allah sleep?" So Allah revealed to the angels and commanded them to keep him awake for three [days/nights] and not let him sleep, and they did so. Then they gave him two vials and he held them, then they left him and warned him not to break them. He said: So he began to doze while they were in his hands, one in each hand. He would doze and wake up, doze and wake up, until he fell into a doze and struck one against the other, and broke them. Ma'mar said: It is merely a parable that Allah struck; Allah is saying: "And thus are the heavens and the earth in His hands."

2585 - 'Ali b. Tahir narrated to us, Muhammad b. al-'Ala' reported to us, 'Uthman b. Sa'id reported to us, Bishr b. 'Umarah reported to us, from Abu Rawq, from al-Dahhak, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: Jibril, peace be upon him, said: "O Muhammad, all creation belongs to Allah: all the heavens and whoever is in them, and all the earths and whoever is in them, and whatever is between them, of what He knows and of what He does not know."

His saying, the Exalted: "Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission?"

[The First Perspective]

2586 - My father narrated to us, Yahya b. 'Abd al-Hamid al-Himmani reported to us, Hudhayl al-Madani reported to us, Sharik reported to us, from Salim, from Sa'id b. Jubayr, regarding His saying: "Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission?"—he said: Who can speak in His presence except by His permission?