(And the meaning of His saying, the Exalted: {The Day We will fold the sky like the folding of a scroll of writings}) Rather, their saying is that the upper heavens*** are in the hand of the Creator of these universes, truly
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The Shaykh : He says: "Rather, their saying" The saying of whom? The people of hadith.
"Indeed, the upper heavens *** are in the hand of the Creator of these universes
truly, like a mustard seed seen in the hand *** of its holder, Exalted is Allah, the Possessor of authority"
The seven heavens and the earths, all of them, are in the hand of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, like a mustard seed in one of our hands. This is also by way of approximation; otherwise, the matter is greater than this. The mustard seed is a very small grain, used as a parable for smallness, as He, the Exalted, said:[Al-Anbya 21:47] And yet, it is in the hand of the Most Merciful like a mustard seed. [Az-Zumar 39:67] The earth, all of it, is in His grip on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens are all folded in His right hand. [Al-Anbya 21:104] Just as the owner of a scroll folds the book when he finishes it, folding it like this. In the past, they did not have envelopes; when they finished the book, they folded it as much as possible and then sealed it, like the folding of a scroll of writings. [Al-Anbya 21:104] Yes. Can it be conceived that the people of the Sunnah say that the sky surrounds Allah, and that Allah filled it? Never, and no one has said it. But these people slander the people of the Sunnah.
"Indeed, the upper heavens *** are in the hand of the Creator of these universes
truly, like a mustard seed seen in the hand *** of its holder, Exalted is Allah, the Possessor of authority"
The seven heavens and the earths, all of them, are in the hand of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, like a mustard seed in one of our hands. This is also by way of approximation; otherwise, the matter is greater than this. The mustard seed is a very small grain, used as a parable for smallness, as He, the Exalted, said:
