What is the meaning of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) being in the sky?

The questioner : No, I... Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is present in the sky...

The Shaykh : You have understood now; in the Arabic language, the term "sky" is used to refer to the structure above us that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) built and named the sky, which is the lowest sky, then the second sky, the third, and so on. The term "sky" is also used to refer to the clouds, meaning that which is below the sky. From this, linguists say: "Everything that is above you is a sky." The term "sky" is also used to refer to rain; therefore, the old Arab said:
"When the sky descends upon the land of a people, *** We will graze there, even if they are angry."
The sky descends upon the earth and the Day of Resurrection occurs, but here it means rain; when the sky descends upon the land of a people, we will graze there, meaning the effect of the rain that has fallen, which is the crops, even if they are angry. The term "sky" is also used to mean absolute height, which is above all the skies; therefore, the verse: must be understood well in light of this explanation and what follows it. In this, grammarians call it a preposition of place. If we understand it in its category as a preposition of place, then it is necessary not to understand "sky" here in the sense of , but rather in the sense of absolute height. That is, in absolute height, and not confined to the body of the sky, whose width is wider than the heavens and the earth; the Footstool alone encompasses the heavens and the earth; so is not in the created celestial body, no matter how wide its orbit is, but the intended meaning is absolute height. This is if we remain in our understanding of "in" as meaning a preposition of place; in that case, "sky" here does not mean the great created substance that contains planets and stars and so on, but rather it means absolute height; that is, above the skies, and above that is the Throne. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is above all of that. So, with this meaning, we have not made Allah (Mighty and Majestic) contained within the sky, but rather He is high above it.
In another aspect of the Arabic language, "in" can be understood to mean "on." This is in the Arabic style; one who knows Arabic well finds it a digestible and acceptable matter. We will not take you far, but rather we will return you to the famous hadith among the common people that we mentioned earlier more than once: It does not mean the worms and insects that live inside the earth, but rather "on." So means: from those on the earth, means: from those on the sky. So when we interpret "in" here to mean "on," the problem is eliminated from its root. And this expression that we understood from the previous hadith is similar in the Noble Qur'an, where He (Mighty and Majestic) said: What does it mean? Does it mean they become worms and walk in the air and in the earth? No, "travel in the earth" means on the earth.
Likewise, the story of the magicians of Pharaoh with Pharaoh, and how when our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) manifested the miracle, the miracle of the staff of Moses, , What happened next?

Another questioner : .

The Shaykh: , meaning, does it mean he opens the trunk of the tree and drives it inside? No, the intended meaning is , that is, on the trunks of the palm trees. So this is an Arabic expression where the meaning that comes to some minds is not intended. means inside the sky, no; but rather, as I said first, if we leave "in" on its apparent meaning, we interpret "sky" as absolute height where there is no body there, or we interpret "in" to mean "on," and this is an Arabic style. And these are some of the evidences we mentioned from the Book and the Sunnah.