Explanation of Allah’s encompassing the universe with His knowledge and His essence
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah inform you, does Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) encompass the universe with His knowledge only, or with His knowledge and His essence together with it?
Answer:
With His knowledge (Glorified and Exalted is He), not with His essence. Rather, it is with His knowledge. As for Him (Glorified and Exalted is He), He is above His creations and above His heavens.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah inform you, does Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) encompass the universe with His knowledge only, or with His knowledge and His essence together with it?
Answer:
With His knowledge (Glorified and Exalted is He), not with His essence. Rather, it is with His knowledge. As for Him (Glorified and Exalted is He), He is above His creations and above His heavens.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 16 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/بل رفعه الله إليه/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (55:30)
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