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(1). 3298. Al-Hasan narrated that Abū Hurairah said: "Once when the Prophet of Allāh ﷺ was sitting with his Companions, a cloud came above them, so the Prophet of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Do you know what this is?' They said: 'Allāh and His Messenger know better.' He said: 'These are the clouds that are to drench the earth, which Allāh [Blessed and Most High] dispatches to people who are not grateful to Him, nor supplicate to Him.' Then he said: 'Do you know what is above you?' They said: 'Allāh and His Messenger know better.' He said: 'Indeed it is a preserved canopy of the firmament whose surge is restrained.' Then he said: 'Do you know how much is between you and between it?' They said: 'Allāh and His Messenger know better.' He said: 'Between you and it [is the distance] of five-hundred years.' Then he said: 'Do you know what is above that?' They said: 'Allāh and His Messenger know better.' He said: 'Verily, above that are two Heavens, between the two of them there is a distance of five-hundred years' - until he enumerated seven Heavens - 'What is between each of the two Heavens is what is between the
heavens and the earth.' Then he said: 'Do you know what is above that?' They said: 'Allāh and His Messenger know better.' He said: 'Verily, above that is the Throne, and between it and the heavens is a distance [like] what is between two of the heavens.' Then he said: 'Do you know what is under you?' They said: 'Allāh and His Messenger know better.' He said: 'Indeed it is the earth.' Then he said: 'Do you know what is under that?' They said: 'Allāh and His Messenger know better.' He said: 'Verily, below it is another earth, between the two of which is a distance of five-hundred years.' Until he enumerated seven earths: 'Between every two earths is a distance of five-hundred years.' Then he said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muḥammad! If you were to send [a man] down with a rope to the lowest earth, then he would descend upon Allāh.' Then he recited: He is Al-Awwal, Al-Ākhir, Az-Zāhir, Al-Bāṭin, and He has knowledge over all things."[1]
(Da'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Gharīb from this route. [He said:] It has been related from Ayyūb, Yūnus bin 'Ubaid, and 'Alī bin Zaid, that they said: "Al-Hasan did not hear from Abū Hurairah." And some of the people of knowledge explained this Hadīth, saying: "He only descends upon the knowledge of Allāh, His power and His
authority; and Allāh's knowledge, power and authority are in every place, and He is above the Throne as He described in His Book."
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[1] Al-Ḥadīd 57:3.
Commentary
From Throne to earth, below to the seventh earth, the Creator of everything, the Master, the Planner and the Arranger is only Allāh. He is the First, He existed when there was nothing, He is Last, He will be when there will be nothing. The existence of everything bears declaration of His Being. Therefore He is apparent in this respect. But it is impossible to have the total comprehension and perception of the Reality of His Being and of His Attributes. So He is Unseen. The Knowledge of Allāh encompasses everything, hidden or apparent, He is aware of all types of hidden and apparent treasures. Therefore the Prophet ﷺ said, 'O Allāh! You are the First and there was nothing before You, You are the Last and there is nothing after You, You are the Apparent and nothing is above You, You are the Hidden and nothing is hidden from You.' [Al-Misbāh Al-Munīr: p. 1362]
