In His saying, the Exalted: {Everyone upon it is perishing (26) and the Face of your Lord remains, Possessor of Majesty and Honor} — does this not imply that Allah is in the earth, because everyone upon it?

The questioner : In His saying, the Exalted, in Surat al-Rahman: ... that it is the Face of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and it is an allusion to His Essence, but He was in the earth.

The Shaykh : How?
The student: ... .

The Shaykh : What?

The questioner : Or is the apparent meaning ... and it is an allusion to the Essence that remains ... .

The Shaykh : Allah, Mighty and Majestic, remains; everyone upon the earth perishes, and the Face of your Lord remains.

The questioner : An answer to the King, and he said that He is in the earth.

The Shaykh : How?

The questioner : That it is possible ... .

The Shaykh : No, this is not possible. Even if it were assumed to be possible, even from a distant perspective, the other verses indicating His Highness make this ambiguous text clear. And as we have stated, we have decided, and we decide: when a text that is in doubt contradicts a clear text, interpret the doubtful one according to the clear one, so that your mind is settled and there is no confusion or doubt in you. Because you might say, for example, the point of the exception is that he said: meaning upon the earth so it might be said that its apparent meaning is that Allah is in the earth. It is said: if this apparent meaning is correct, meaning, or if this possibility is correct, then the other texts indicate that Allah, the Exalted, is in the sky. That is complete, yes.