Explanation of the author's statement: "… If someone were to say: If you interpret the rising of Allah above His Throne as His being above it…"
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The Shaykh :"If someone were to say: If you interpret the rising of Allah above His Throne as His being above it, that implies that Allah needs the Throne to carry Him", and this objection is valid, isn't it? If you say that He rose above the Throne means He is above it and settled upon it, that suggests that Allah needs the Throne to carry Him, just as we need the bed when we settle upon it. "The answer is: Anyone who knows the greatness of Allah, the perfection of His power, His strength, and His self-sufficiency, will not even think that Allah needs the Throne to carry Him. How could it be, when the Throne and all other created things are in need of Allah and dependent on Him, having no stability except through Him? [Ar-Rum 30:25]" I think this is clear, and praise be to Allah, that He is above it without any need.