Is the interpretation of the author of al-Jalalayn correct regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted: [in a Preserved Tablet], meaning it is in the air above the seventh heaven?
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The questioner : The author of al-Jalalayn, O Shaykh, said regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Buruj 85:22] He said: "It is in the air above the seventh heaven".
The Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner : It is in the air.
The Shaykh : In the air?
The questioner : Above the seventh heaven.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So is this specification correct or not?
The Shaykh : The issue of it being in the air is not permissible, or is it settled upon the heaven? Then, we advise our young students not to delve deeply into matters of the unseen, because regarding the unseen, we have only what we have been taught, and we must remain silent about the rest. This is the way of the Salaf, yes.
[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.
في لوح محفوظThe Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner : It is in the air.
The Shaykh : In the air?
The questioner : Above the seventh heaven.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So is this specification correct or not?
The Shaykh : The issue of it being in the air is not permissible, or is it settled upon the heaven? Then, we advise our young students not to delve deeply into matters of the unseen, because regarding the unseen, we have only what we have been taught, and we must remain silent about the rest. This is the way of the Salaf, yes.