عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ أَبَلَغَكَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَحْمِلُ الْخَلَائِقَ عَلَى أُصْبُعٍ وَالسَّمَاوَاتِ عَلَى أُصْبُعٍ وَالْأَرَضِينَ عَلَى أُصْبُعٍ وَالشَّجَرَ عَلَى أُصْبُعٍ وَالثَّرَى عَلَى أُصْبُعٍ فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ {وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ} [الزمر: 67]
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man from the People of the Book came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: “O Abu al-Qasim! Has it reached you that Allah, the Exalted, will carry the creations on one finger, the heavens on one finger, the earths on one finger, the trees on one finger, and the moist soil on one finger?” The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) laughed so much at his words that his blessed molar teeth became visible. Then Allah, the Exalted, revealed this verse: {وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللّٰہَ حَقَّ قَدْرِہِ} … And they did not appraise Allah with true appraisal as is due to Him.