WHERE IS ALLAH? => Unit 2 PROOFS FROM THE #QUR_AN THAT CONFIRMS ALLAAH IS ABOVE HIS SEVEN HEAVENS, ABOVE HIS ARSH, SEPARATED FROM HIS CREATURES, AND HIS CREATURES ARE SEPARATED FROM HIM ... Allah Taaalaa commands the believers to refer their disputes and differences to His Book and the Sunnah of His Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying: And when you differ in anything among yourselves, refer it to Allah and His Messenger, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. [Al-Quran 4:59] Therefore, the words of Allah Taaalaa, as well as the words of His Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) must be held as the ultimate and decisive judgment. No judgment or decision should take precedence over theirs whether in issues related to the divine attributes, or any other religious issue. By their emphasis on reason in establishing religious truth, the rationalists, the modernists, and the Jahmites assert the preeminence of reason over the divine revelations. Whereas the Loftiness of Allah which is clearly enunciated in the Quran and the Sunnah, is beyond the reach of reason. The true believers, contrary to the rationalists, believe that the ARSH of Allah is above the seven heavens. They also believe that having created the seven heavens and the earth and what is in them, Allah Taaalaa has His Great Arsh. Allah says: Declare your Rabb, the Supreme, to be far removed from every imperfection or impurity. [Al-Quran 87:1] The Supreme, linguistically, is in the superlative signifying that Allah is higher than everything and is above all things in essence, power, and invincibility. Commenting on this verse: Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah grant him His mercy) said, All Muslims in the past and in the present, when supplicating Allah or imploring His help, they always raise their hands with palms towards the heaven. They do not lower their hands with palms towards the earth, nor do they turn them right or left, nor towards any other direction. They raise their hands up, knowing that Allah is above them. The Muslims also say in prayer while prostrating, I declare my Rabb, the Supreme, to be far removed from every imperfection or impurity. If Allah is everywhere, as the deviated sects allege, why then the above verse does not read, Declare your Rabb, (around you), (below you), or (everywhere)? Allah says: They fear their Rabb above them. [Al-Quran 16:50] This verse refers to the angels who are above us, and above them is our Rabb (the Blessed, the Exalted). Lest anyone be confused, Allah confirms in this verse that He is above the angels who are the residents of the heavens: The Compassionate has rose over the Arsh. [Al-Quran 20:2] And: And verily, your Rabb is Allah who created the heaven and earth in six days, and then rose over the Arsh. [Al-Quran 7:54] Allah also says: Are you sure that He Who is Above the heaven will not cleave the earth beneath you? Or are you sure that He Who is above the heaven will not send against you a stone-charged hurricane. [Al-Quran 67:17-18] The renowned exegetes and commentators are agreed that the One Who is above the heaven is none but Allah Who has rose over His Arsh and is above it in the manner which suits His Majesty. Those who believe that Allah is everywhere base their argument on verses such as: And He is ILAH in the Heavens and He is ILAH on the Earth! The term, ILAH is classical Arabic means, the worshipped; thus the meaning of the above verse is, It is He Who is worshipped in the heaven and worshipped on the earth. It would have been redundant were the verse to speak about the existence of Allah in the heaven and on the earth, for the term Ilah is an adjective of Allah, while the pronouns, He in the verse is used in lieu of the name Allah, therefore, when the name Allah replaces the pronoun He, we get the proper meaning of the verse: And it is Allah Who is worshipped in the heaven and on the earth. But according to the deviated sect who consider the term, Ilah as Allah, we get the redundant meaning, And Allah is Allah in the heaven and Allah is on the earth, a sentence which is grammatically, linguistically and logically incorrect. Qatadah, a renowned exegete, interpreted this verse as: He is worshipped in the heaven and on the earth. Imam al-Ajurri said: AL-ILAH, is the worshipped. He is worshipped in the heaven as He is worshipped on the earth. _______________ The continuation of THE PROOFS FROM THE QURAN is LOADING in UNIT 3, In Shaa Allaahu Taaalaa!
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 17:47:24 +0000
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