The Difference Between the Footstool and the Throne
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The questioner:
And it is not the same thing. You stated in your condition that Allah was not, in His saying, the Exalted, regarding the heavens and the earth, that His Footstool was said to be other, and I said in the condition that the Footstool is other than the Throne, so how do we reconcile that?
The Shaykh:
And what are we to reconcile?
The questioner:
I mean, from before.
The Shaykh:
No, the Footstool is other than the Throne. I did not say the Footstool is the Throne. I said, so I was mistaken in this. The Footstool is other than the Throne. The Footstool is a created, independent entity, and the Throne is a created, independent entity. I did not say that. So, the one who said that the Footstool is the Throne is wrong, and the one who said that the Footstool is the knowledge is wrong. The correct view is that the Footstool is a created entity other than the Throne. Yes.
And it is not the same thing. You stated in your condition that Allah was not, in His saying, the Exalted, regarding the heavens and the earth, that His Footstool was said to be other, and I said in the condition that the Footstool is other than the Throne, so how do we reconcile that?
The Shaykh:
And what are we to reconcile?
The questioner:
I mean, from before.
The Shaykh:
No, the Footstool is other than the Throne. I did not say the Footstool is the Throne. I said, so I was mistaken in this. The Footstool is other than the Throne. The Footstool is a created, independent entity, and the Throne is a created, independent entity. I did not say that. So, the one who said that the Footstool is the Throne is wrong, and the one who said that the Footstool is the knowledge is wrong. The correct view is that the Footstool is a created entity other than the Throne. Yes.
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