He reported the Prophet as saying regarding the words of God most high, "And couches raised high[*]," that their height is like the distance between heaven and earth, a distance of five hundred years. *Quran; 56:34 Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.
Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 2540, 3294). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 5634).
تفسير ابن أبي حاتم (17008)وَفُرُشٍ مَرْفُوعَةٍ سورة الواقعة آية 34 ، قَالَ : ارْتِفَاعُهَا كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ ، وَمَسِيرَةُ مَا بَيْنِهِمَا خَمْسُ مِائَةِ عَامٍ
