Describing Allah the Exalted as the Inhabitant of the Sky
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Question:
Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Some preachers say, "Woe to the inhabitants of the earth from the Inhabitant of the sky." Is it permissible to describe Allah the Exalted as the Inhabitant of the sky?
Answer:
This statement requires evidence. Where is this statement found? Did he say anything without evidence? Yes. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said:[Al-Mulk 67:16] Yes. It is said that Allah is in the sky, but it is not said that Allah is an inhabitant in the sky. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Some preachers say, "Woe to the inhabitants of the earth from the Inhabitant of the sky." Is it permissible to describe Allah the Exalted as the Inhabitant of the sky?
Answer:
This statement requires evidence. Where is this statement found? Did he say anything without evidence? Yes. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said:
Do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heaven would not cause the earth to swallow you and suddenly it would sway?
أَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِي السَّمَاءِ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 20 — youtube.com (1:01:54)
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