His saying, the Almighty: "Then He established Himself above the Throne."

8576 - My father told us, Hisham ibn Khalid told us, Shu'ayb ibn Ishaq told us, from Ibn Abi 'Arubah, from Qatadah regarding the saying of Allah the Almighty: "Then He established Himself above the Throne," he said: The seventh day.

8577 - Yazid ibn Sinan al-Basri, a resident of Egypt, told us, Yazid ibn Abi Hakim told us, al-Hakam ibn Aban told me, he said: I heard 'Ikrimah saying: Indeed, Allah began the creation of the heavens and the earth and what is between them on Sunday, then He established Himself above the Throne on Friday in three hours. He created in one of those hours the suns, so that people might be inclined toward their Lord in supplication and petition, and He created in one hour the stench that befalls the son of Adam when he dies, so that he may be buried.

His saying, the Almighty: "Above the Throne"

8578 - Abu Zur'ah told us, Minjab told us, Bishr informed us, from Abu Rawq, from al-Dahhak, from Ibn 'Abbas: The Throne was only named 'Arsh (Throne) because of its height.

8579 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah told us, Abu Usamah told us, Isma'il ibn Abi Khalid told us, he said: I heard Sa'd al-Ta'i saying: The Throne is a red chrysolite.

8580 - It was read to Bahr ibn Nasr al-Khawlani al-Misri, Asad ibn Musa told us, Yusuf ibn Ziyad told us, from Ibn Ilyas, the son of the daughter of Wahb ibn Munabbih, from Wahb ibn Munabbih, he said: Indeed, Allah created the Throne from His light.

His saying, the Almighty: "He covers the night with the day"

8581 - Ahmad ibn 'Uthman ibn Hakim informed me in what he wrote to me, Ahmad ibn Mufaddal told us, Asbat told us, from al-Suddi regarding His saying: "He covers the night with the day," he said: He covers the night, so it takes away its light.