١٥ - حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن يحيى العطار رضي الله عنه، قال: حدثنا سعد ابن عبد الله، عن يعقوب بن يزيد، عن الحسن بن علي الخزاز، عن مثنى الحناط عن أبي جعفر - أظنه محمد بن نعمان - قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن قول الله عز وجل ﴿وهو الله في السماوات وفي الأرض﴾ (١) قال: كذلك هو في كل مكان، قلت: بذاته؟ قال: ويحك إن الأماكن أقدار، فإذا قلت: في مكان بذاته لزمك أن تقول في إقدار وغير ذلك (٢) ولكن هو بائن من خلقه، محيط بما خلق علما وقدرة وإحاطة وسلطانا وملكا، وليس علمه بما في الأرض بأقل مما في السماء، لا يبعد منه شئ والأشياء له سواء علما وقدرة وسلطانا وملكا وإحاطة. 
15. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Attar  said: Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah said, on the authority of Ya`qub ibn Yazid, on the authority of al-Hasan ibn `Ali al-Khazzaz, on the authority of Muthanna alKhannat, on the authority of Abu Ja`far (I think it is Muhammad ibn Nu`man) that I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq  about the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High: And He is Allah in the Heavens and in the Earth.1 He  replied, “He is like that in every place.” I asked, “By His Essence?” He  responded, Woe unto you! Place implies restriction. If you say: He is in a place by His Essence, it necessarily implies restrictions and other than that. However, He is Evident in His Creation. He encompasses whatever He created through His Knowledge, Omnipotence, Omniscience, Reign, and Sovereignty. His Knowledge of whatever is in the Earth is not less than His Knowledge of what is in the Heavens. Nothing is far from Him. His Knowledge, Omnipotence, Reign, Sovereignty, and Omniscience embrace all things.