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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The meaning of His saying, the Exalted: "And He is the One who is a God in the heaven and a God in the earth"

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the meaning of His saying, the Exalted:
And it is Allah who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] deityوَهُوَ الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاءِ إِلَٰهٌ وَفِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَٰهٌ
[Az-Zukhruf 43:84]


Answer:
It means that He is the one worshipped. "Ilah" means the one worshipped. So He is the one worshipped in the heaven and He is the one worshipped in the earth, (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 20 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/ألا تأمنوني/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (53:25)

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