Is the word "man" in the saying of Allah the Exalted, "Do you feel secure from Him who is in the heaven," a relative pronoun meaning "who," or is it said to mean "upon"?

The questioner : Is it not the case, likewise, that "man" here is a relative pronoun meaning "who," or is it said to mean "upon"?

The Shaykh : We say that the language is very broad. The scholars of language state that prepositions can serve in place of one another. Say "travel in the land" or "travel upon the land"; "in the land" does not mean inside the earth, but rather upon the earth. Similarly, what Allah related about Pharaoh when he threatened the magicians by saying: does not mean that I will open the trunks and put them inside, but rather it is upon them. Likewise, his saying (peace be upon him) in the authentic hadith that some of the deniers of the divine attributes in the present age have rejected, because it is the bane of the deniers of the divine attributes, namely his saying (peace be upon him): "Have mercy on those on the earth" means the worms, not "have mercy on those in the earth," whether they are the humans who are the closest people to you, or the livestock that Allah has made subject to you, as He said (peace be upon him) in the authentic hadith: ; so have mercy on those on the earth. The intention is not inside the earth, but rather those upon the earth. Therefore: "He who is upon the heaven" is not inside the heaven. And so it is not interpreted to mean that Allah is in the heaven by His essence, but rather Allah is upon the Throne by His essence, for He has risen above the Throne, because He is above the Throne. There is no place, and there is no creation surrounding Allah (Mighty and Majestic). From this came the statement of an imam among the imams of the Muslims, namely 'Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, the scholar and mujahid who gathered many descriptions, who said: "Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) is above His Throne by His essence, distinct from His creation, and He is with them by His knowledge." Three sentences, three paragraphs, that gather all the verses concerning the attribute of Allah that He is the Most High, the Great. Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) is above His Throne by His essence, because the later generations interpret "above" or place as status, honor, and the like. Otherwise, they say that Allah is present in every place. Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) is above His Throne by His essence, distinct from His creation, a refutation of those who hold to the unity of existence, who say that Allah is the created thing, that He is everything, as one of their poets said: "Everything you see with your eye is Allah." "Distinct from His creation" means He is distinguished from them, but nothing is hidden from Him in the earth or in the heaven. He said: "And He is with them by His knowledge." Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) is above His Throne by His essence, distinct from His creation, and He is with them by His knowledge. And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.