Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 5726
وَعَن العبَّاس بن عبد الْمطلب زعم أَنَّهُ كَانَ جَالِسًا فِي الْبَطْحَاءِ فِي عِصَابَةٍ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَالِسٌ فِيهِمْ فَمَرَّتْ سَحَابَةٌ فَنَظَرُوا إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَا تُسَمُّونَ هَذِهِ؟» . قَالُوا: السَّحَابَ. قَالَ: «وَالْمُزْنَ؟» قَالُوا: وَالْمُزْنَ. قَالَ: «وَالْعَنَانَ؟» قَالُوا: وَالْعَنَانَ. قَالَ: «هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا بعد مابين السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ؟ » قَالُوا: لَا نَدْرِي. قَالَ: «إِنَّ بُعْدَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِمَّا وَاحِدَةٌ وَإِمَّا اثْنَتَانِ أَوْ ثَلَاثٌ وَسَبْعُونَ سَنَةً وَالسَّمَاءُ الَّتِي فَوْقَهَا كَذَلِكَ» حَتَّى عَدَّ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ. ثُمَّ «فَوْقَ السَّمَاء السَّابِعَة بَحر بَين أَعْلَاهُ وأسفله مَا بَيْنَ سَمَاءٍ إِلَى سَمَاءٍ ثُمَّ فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ ثَمَانِيَة أَو عَال بَيْنَ أَظْلَافِهِنَّ وَوُرُكِهِنَّ مِثْلُ مَا بَيْنَ سَمَاءٍ إِلَى سَمَاءٍ ثُمَّ عَلَى ظُهُورِهِنَّ الْعَرْشُ بَيْنَ أَسْفَلِهِ وَأَعْلَاهُ مَا بَيْنَ سَمَاءٍ إِلَى سَمَاءٍ ثُمَّ اللَّهُ فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَأَبُو دَاوُد
Al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib said that he was sitting with a group in al-Batha’ while the Messenger of God was among them. A cloud passed, and they looked at it. The Messenger of God asked, ‘What do you call this?’ They said, ‘Clouds.’ He asked, ‘And al-muzn?’ They said, ‘Al-muzn.’ He asked, ‘And al-‘anan?’ They said, ‘Al-‘anan.’ He asked, ‘Do you know the distance between heaven and earth?’ They said, ‘We do not know.’ He said, ‘The distance between them is either one, or two, or seventy-three years; and the heaven above it is likewise,’ until he had counted seven heavens. Then he said, ‘Above the seventh heaven is a sea, whose depth from surface to bottom is like the distance from one heaven to another. Above that are eight [unclear creatures], between whose shoulders and haunches is likewise the distance from one heaven to another. On their backs is the Throne; from its bottom to its top is like the distance from one heaven to another. Then God is above that.’ Al-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.