What Allah Said..
The Most Merciful ascended above the Throne [Soorah Taa-Haa(20):5]
Do you feel secure that He is above the heavens will not cause you to be
swallowed up by the earth when it shakes (as in an earthquake)? Or do you
feel secure that He who is above the heavens will not send against you a
violent tornado? Then you shall know how (terrible) was My warning.
[Soorah Mulk(67):16-17]
What His Prophet (Sallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said..
The Prophet (Sallahu Alaihi Wasallam) asked ( the slave girl), "where is
Allah?" She replied, "He is above the sky." He (Sallahu Alaihi Wasallam)
asked her, "Who am I?" She said " You are Allah's Messenger." He (Sallahu
Alaihi Wasallam) said (to her master), "Free her, for she is a believer."
Reported by Muslim (1/537).
What his Companions Radhiallahu anhum ajmaeen) said..
Abdullah ibn Mas'ood (Radhiallhu anhu) said about Allah's saying, " Then He
rose over the Throne,"
" The Throne is over the water, and Allah is above (fawqa) the Throne, and
knows what you are upon."
(Khalq Af'aalul- 'Ibaad of Imaam al Bukhaaree, No 103)
Abdullah ibn Abbaas said, "Verily Allah was above His Throne before He
created anything, then He created the creation and decreed what was to exist
until the Day of Judgement."
(Sharh Usoolul-Itiqaad of al-Laalikaa'ee No: 660)
What our earlier Imaams and Salafus saliheens said..
Abdullah ibn al-Mubaarak (d 181H) said, " We do not say as the Jahmiyya say,
that Allah is on the earth, rather He has risen over His Throne." And it was
said to him, "How should we know our Lord?" He said, "Above the Heavens,
over('alaa) His Throne."
(Khalq Af'aalul- 'Ibaad of Imaam al Bukhaaree, No 13)
Imaam Malik ( d. 179H) said, "Al-Istiwaa is known, and how is unknown, to
have eemaan in it is obligatory and to question it an innovation." Then he
said to the questioner, "I do not think except that you are an evil man." So
he ordered him to be expelled.
(Reported by al-Bayhaqee in Al-Asmaaa was-Sifaat, page 516 & ad-Daarimee
also reported it in Ar-Radd 'alal-Jahmiyya, Page 55)
Muhammad ibn Yoosuf (one of the teachers of Imaam Bukhaaree) said, " The one
who says that Allah is not over ('alaa) His Throne is a kaafir. And the one
who thinks that Allah did not speak to Moosaa (Alaihisalaam) is a kaafir."
(Khalq Af'aalul- 'Ibaad of Imaam al Bukhaaree, No 66)
Rabee'atur-Ra'ee (d.136H) said, "Al-Istiwaa (Allah Ascending) is not
unknown, and how (it occurs) is not comprehendable, and from Allah is the
Message, upon the Messenger is to convey, and upon us is to affirm."
(Reported by al-Bayhaqee in Al-Asmaaa was-Sifaat, page 516 and
Usoolul-Itiqaad of al-Laalikaa'ee No: 665)
The pious Predecessors agree that the meaning of Istiwaa is explained by the
following four words:
To rise, to ascend, to be settled or established.
Imaam Bukhaaree (May Allah have mercy on him) said in his Saheeh, "Mujaahid
said, .."Istawaa alal-'Arsh (meaning) 'alaa ( i.e., ascended), " and Ishaaq
ibn Raahawaiah said, "I heard more than one of the Mufassireen saying,
'Ar-Rahmaan 'alal-'arsh istawaa (meaning) irtafa'a (i.e. ascended), and
Muhammad ibn Jareer said regarding this verse, it means 'alaa and irtafa'a."
There is nothing like Him and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. [Soorah
Tash-Shoora(42):11]
Allah Knows the best
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> All of God's creation is so astounding that, were man to behold it, he
> would be lost in admiration of its absolute perfection. The face of the
> Creator is reflected in the wonders of His creation. But we have seen so
> much of the world that our senses have been dulled. We have become so
> familiar with the world around us that we fail indeed everything in nature
> is too wonderful for words. Everything is a reflection of the Creator. But
> we cannot see how amazing it all is. We are too familiar with it all.
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> In this man is being tested. It is for him to perceive extraordinary
> qualities in ordinary things. If one gazes at the world in awe, one will
> feel God's presence everywhere. One will live on earth as if one was face
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> make in this world. If one is blessed with heavenly vision, one will
> perceive the light of god in rays of sunlight. The spectacle of trees will
> portray to one the countenance of God. One will feel God's touch in every
> gentle breeze. When one lays one's forehead on the ground in prostration
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{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom
(i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue
with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone
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{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in
His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites
(men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I
am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if
Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of
camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever
calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who
follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all."
[Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah]
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