Explanation of the author's statement: "And as for the Throne of the Most Merciful, upon which He has risen: it is a great Throne encompassing the created things, and it is the highest of them

The Shaykh :"And as for the Throne of the Most Merciful, upon which He has risen, it is a great Throne encompassing the created things", a great Throne, yes. Allah the Exalted said
The student: ...

The Shaykh : No. As for its being encompassing of the created things, where is the evidence for that for us? The saying of Allah the Exalted regarding the Footstool: And the Throne is much greater than the Footstool. "And it is the highest of them", the highest of the created things, this is known because Allah has risen above it, so it must be above everything, or not? It is also established: , "above it" or "its ceiling," there are two narrations. Yes, so according to the narration "above it," it is above, elevated above it. "Its ceiling" means it is its ceiling. Yes, so Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has this great Throne. And His saying: "And the greatest of them", the greatest of these created things that we see. And it is known that Allah is able to create something a thousand times greater than the Throne. It is not that the Throne is the greatest thing Allah creates. No, we do not know. But what we know from the created things is that the Throne is the greatest of them. "As in the hadith of Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him):

That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The seven heavens and the seven earths in the presence of the Footstool are like a ring cast into a vast, open plain."

أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : ما السماوت السبع والأرضون السبع عند الكرسي إلا كحلقة ملقاة في أرض فلاة

" The heavens are the subject, and the predicate is the prepositional phrase "like a ring." All the seven heavens and the seven earths are like a ring cast into a vast, open plain. The vast, open plain is the wide, empty land. And what is the ring? They say that when used in a general sense, it refers to the ring of a shield. Do you know what a shield is? Or not, Khalid?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : What do you know about a shield when the word "shield" is mentioned? The rings of the shield?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : A shield is a tunic, a tunic embroidered with rings, woven from rings of iron, which a person wears in battle in order to protect himself from arrows. Yes, it is well known. If you want, we can show it to you. Perhaps, if Allah wills, we can show it to you. Is it there?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Perhaps... if Allah wills, we will see the artifacts. Either they will bring it to us, or we will go to the museum, if Allah wills, and we will show it to you.

The questioner : ...

The Shaykh : No, I do not have it. Yes, well, he says: Now imagine the ratio of the ring to this land. What would it be? Nothing. Nothing, in reality. "

And the excess of the Throne over the Footstool is like the excess of the plain over that ring.

وإن فضل العرش على الكرسي كفضل الفلاة على تلك الحلقة

Sahih Ibn Hibban 6:55

" Allah is the Greatest. For this reason, Allah described it as the Great, the Great Throne. So, no one can measure its magnitude except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and no human can encompass it, even though it is a created thing among the created things.