Explaining the meaning of Allah being in the sky and with His creation

The questioner:
And in the hand of the Shaykh (may Allah preserve him), we respond to this question: Allah has heard with His Self and with His Self by His power.

The Shaykh:
There is no warning in it that Allah is above the sky. Do not say "in the sky" unless you mean elevation; "in the sky" means elevation. Yes, that is correct. Allah is in the sky with His Self. Yes, that is it. Or you can say "above the sky," which is clearer and further from ambiguity: above the sky with His Self. That is it. And He is with creation by His knowledge, encompassing, seeing, hearing, and sight. It does not mean He is with them by His Self, mixed with them. No, that is not permissible. Yes, we say He is above the sky with His Self and with His creation by His knowledge, hearing, and sight, not by His Self. If we say "by His Self," we would be following the sweet school, and may Allah protect us from that. Yes.