Combining Allah’s Highness and His Nearness to His Servants
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Question:
And the Shaykh is not more eloquent than this. What indicates this is that it was reported in some hadiths that when a servant stands to pray, he stands before Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and his saying in prostration, “Glory to my Lord, the Most High.”
Answer:
There is no contradiction between them. Allah is High in His nearness and near in His highness. He is above the heavens and above His creation, and He is near to them in prostration and in prayer, and they are before Him. He (Glorified and Exalted is He) hears them and sees them. So there is no contradiction between the verses and hadiths that indicate that Allah is in the sky, that He is with His creation, that He is near to His servants, and that He encompasses them with His knowledge and His will (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
And the Shaykh is not more eloquent than this. What indicates this is that it was reported in some hadiths that when a servant stands to pray, he stands before Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and his saying in prostration, “Glory to my Lord, the Most High.”
Answer:
There is no contradiction between them. Allah is High in His nearness and near in His highness. He is above the heavens and above His creation, and He is near to them in prostration and in prayer, and they are before Him. He (Glorified and Exalted is He) hears them and sees them. So there is no contradiction between the verses and hadiths that indicate that Allah is in the sky, that He is with His creation, that He is near to His servants, and that He encompasses them with His knowledge and His will (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [23] — alfawzan.live (2:47)
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