The Third Aspect: That if it were assumed that the combination of nearness and being above is impossible for a created being, it would not necessarily be impossible for the Creator who combined them for Himself
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The Shaykh :"The third aspect" from what? From the combination of being above and nearness. "That if it were assumed that the combination of nearness and being above is impossible for a created being, it would not necessarily be impossible for the Creator who combined them for Himself, because Allah the Exalted is not like any of His creations, as He the Exalted said: [Ash-Shuraa 42:11] And to this aspect, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah alluded in *Al-'Aqeedah al-Wasatiyyah*, page 143, volume 3 of *Majmu' al-Fatawa*, where he said: 'And what is mentioned in the Book and the Sunnah regarding His nearness and His being with us does not contradict what is mentioned regarding His being above and His being over it, for He, Glorified and Exalted is He, is not like anything in all His attributes, and He is high in His nearness and near in His height.'"