7741 - Abu Muhammad said: My father—may Allah have mercy on him—mentioned from Hisham ibn 'Ubayd Allah that he said something similar.

His saying, the Almighty and Majestic: "But He perceives [all] vision"

7742 - Ahmad ibn 'Uthman ibn Hakim al-Awdi narrated to us in what he wrote to me, Ahmad ibn Mufaddal narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us from al-Suddi: regarding His saying: 'Vision perceives Him not, but He perceives [all] vision,' he says: 'Nothing can see Him, and He sees all created beings.'

His saying: "And He is the Subtle"

7743 - My father narrated to us, Muqatil ibn Muhammad narrated to us, Waki' narrated to us from Abu Ja'far al-Razi from al-Rabi' ibn Anas from Abu al-'Aliyah regarding His saying: 'Subtle, Acquainted,' he said: 'Subtle in extracting them [the souls].'

His saying: "The Acquainted"

7744 - And through the same chain from Abu al-'Aliyah:

Regarding His saying: 'The Acquainted,' he said: 'Acquainted with their place.'

His saying, the Most High: "There has come to you enlightenment from your Lord"

7745 - Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi informed us in what he wrote to me, Asbagh ibn al-Faraj narrated to us, he said: I heard 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam saying regarding His saying: 'There has come to you enlightenment from your Lord,' he said: 'The enlightenment is guidance, the enlightenment of what is in their hearts regarding their religion, and it is not the enlightenment of the heads.' He then recited: 'For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts' (1), and he said: 'Religion is only its vision and its hearing within this heart.'

7746 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, al-'Abbas narrated to us, Yazid narrated to us from Sa'id from Qatadah: 'There has come to you enlightenment from your Lord,' meaning: clear evidence from your Lord, so whoever gains insight, it is for his own soul.

His saying, the Most High: "And I am not a guardian over you"

7747 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Muhammad ibn 'Isa narrated to us, Salamah narrated to us from Ibn Ishaq: 'As a guardian [hafiz], meaning: a protector [hafid].'