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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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(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:
And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant. وإن كان مثقال حبة من خردل أتينا بها وكفى بنا حاسبين
[Al-Anbya 21:47]
And yet, it is in the hand of the Most Merciful like a mustard seed.
They have not appraised Allah with true appraisal, while the earth entirely وما قدروا الله حق قدره والأرض جميعا
[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.
The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records يوم نطوي السماء كطي السجل للكتب
[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.
As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it. كما بدأنا أول خلق نعيده وعدا علينا إنا كنا فاعلين
[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.
Source alathar.net

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