Continuation of the explanation of the author's statement and his saying: : (Are you secure from Him in the sky that He would cause the earth to swallow you up, and then it would quake? Or are you secure from Him in the sky that He would send upon you
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The Shaykh : The phrase is omitted; the intended meaning is "He who is above in the sky" or "He who is settled in the sky" [Al-Mulk 67:16] So the One in the sky is Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and this is proof of the exaltation of Allah by His essence. But here there is a problem, which is that indicates location, and the location is the place. So if Allah is in the sky and indicates location, then the location encompasses the located. Have you seen if I said "the water is in the cup," the water is in the cup, the cup encompasses the water and is wider than the water? So if Allah says: [Al-Mulk 67:16] Yes, the apparent meaning of this is that the sky encompasses Allah. The apparent meaning is that the sky encompasses Allah. And this apparent meaning is undoubtedly a false apparent meaning. Undoubtedly, it is a false apparent meaning. And if the apparent meaning is false, then we know with certainty that it is not intended by Allah, correct?
The student: Correct.
The Shaykh : Because it is not possible for the apparent meaning of the Book and the Sunnah to be disbelief and falsehood. So what is the way out, according to the rules of the rules of the Arabic language, from this problem? The scholars said that the way out is to follow one of two paths. Either we make the sky mean "height." The sky meaning "height" is found in the language, and indeed in the Qur'an. Allah the Exalted said:[Ar-Ra'd 13:17] And the intended meaning is
The student: To the heights
The Shaykh : of the height. Like what? Of the height. What is meant by the sky? The sky that has the distant stars?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : No, because this water descends from the clouds. And Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:164] So it becomes [Ali 'Imran 3:83] meaning "from the height." Is there still a problem after this?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : There is no, there is no problem with the height that nothing is beside it and nothing is above it, the absolute height. Or we make mean "upon" and leave the sky as the preserved ceiling, or the raised ceiling, meaning the celestial bodies. And if we make the sky the celestial bodies, then we make mean
The student: On.
The Shaykh : "upon." means "upon." And "in" comes to mean "upon" in the Arabic language, and indeed in the Qur'an. Pharaoh said to his people, to the magicians who believed, [Taha 20:71] [Taha 20:71] meaning
The student: Upon the trunks of the palm trees.
The Shaykh : Upon the trunks of the palm trees. The meaning is not that he splits the trunk and inserts it and fastens it in it. The meaning is that he fastens it upon the trunk of the palm tree. And He the Exalted said:[Al-An'am 6:11] Say, "Travel in the land," meaning dig trenches and enter them, here.
The student: No.
The Shaykh : Here, no, the meaning is
The student: Upon the earth.
The Shaykh : Upon the earth.[Ali 'Imran 3:137] means upon the earth. And in that case, [Ali 'Imran 3:83] meaning "He who is
The student: Above the sky.
The Shaykh : above the sky. So the verse agrees with its linguistic meaning, which has no deficiency regarding Allah (Mighty and Majestic). If you ask how to combine this verse with His saying the Exalted:[Az-Zukhruf 43:84] and His saying: [Al-An'am 6:3] This is the speech of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). The answer is that we say: As for the first verse, Allah says: [Az-Zukhruf 43:84] So the preposition here is for His divinity, meaning that His divinity
The student: "In the heavens."
The Shaykh : is established in the sky.
The student: And the earth.
The Shaykh : And in the earth, just as you say, "So-and-so is the governor in the city and Mecca," and he is in one of them, not in all of them?
The student: In one of them.
The Shaykh : And what is in all of them?
The student: The authority.
The Shaykh : His governorship, his governorship and his authority. This is also his divinity in the sky and in the earth. As for He (Mighty and Majestic), He is in the sky. The second verse We say in it what we said in the one before it: meaning "And He is the God whose divinity is in the heavens and in the earth." As for He, He is in the sky. And for this reason, it came in the plural: So we say the meaning is [Al-An'am 6:3] meaning "And He is the one worshipped in the heavens, the one worshipped in the earth." So His divinity is in the heavens and in the earth. And it was said the meaning is [Al-An'am 6:3] And you stop, and stop, then you say: [Al-An'am 6:3] meaning "And He knows your secrets and your open deeds in the earth." So His being in the sky, with His exaltation, is not a barrier to His knowledge of your secrets and your open deeds in the earth. And this meaning has some weakness in it, because it implies breaking up the verse and the lack of connection between its parts. The correct first opinion is that we say: [Al-An'am 6:3] meaning that His divinity is established in the heavens and in the earth. Yes.
The student: Some of them say that He is in the sky.
would not cause the earth to swallow you
أن يخسف بكم الارضin
فيin
فيDo you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heaven
أأمنتم من في السماءThe student: Correct.
The Shaykh : Because it is not possible for the apparent meaning of the Book and the Sunnah to be disbelief and falsehood. So what is the way out, according to the rules of the rules of the Arabic language, from this problem? The scholars said that the way out is to follow one of two paths. Either we make the sky mean "height." The sky meaning "height" is found in the language, and indeed in the Qur'an. Allah the Exalted said:
He sends down from the sky, rain, and valleys flow according to their capacity
أنزل من السماء ماء فسالت أودية بقدرهاFrom the sky
من السماءThe student: To the heights
The Shaykh : of the height. Like what? Of the height. What is meant by the sky? The sky that has the distant stars?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : No, because this water descends from the clouds. And Allah the Exalted said:
and the clouds controlled between the heaven and the earth
والسحاب المسخر بين السماء والأرضthose within the heavens
من في السماءThe student: No.
The Shaykh : There is no, there is no problem with the height that nothing is beside it and nothing is above it, the absolute height. Or we make
in
فيin
فيThe student: On.
The Shaykh : "upon."
in
فيI will crucify you on the trunks of palm trees
ولأصلبنكم في جذوع النخلon the trunks of palm trees
في جذوع النخلThe student: Upon the trunks of the palm trees.
The Shaykh : Upon the trunks of the palm trees. The meaning is not that he splits the trunk and inserts it and fastens it in it. The meaning is that he fastens it upon the trunk of the palm tree. And He the Exalted said:
Say, "Travel through the land
قل سيروا في الأرضThe student: No.
The Shaykh : Here, no, the meaning is
The student: Upon the earth.
The Shaykh : Upon the earth.
proceed throughout the earth
سيروا في الأرضthose within the heavens
من في السماءThe student: Above the sky.
The Shaykh : above the sky. So the verse agrees with its linguistic meaning, which has no deficiency regarding Allah (Mighty and Majestic). If you ask how to combine this verse with His saying the Exalted:
And it is Allah who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] deity
وهو الذي في السماء إله وفي الأرض إلهAnd He is Allah, [the only deity] in the heavens and the earth. He knows your secret and what you make public
وهو الله في السماوات وفي الأرض يعلم سركم وجهركمAnd it is Allah who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] deity
وهو الذي في السماء إله وفي الأرض إلهThe student: "In the heavens."
The Shaykh : is established in the sky.
The student: And the earth.
The Shaykh : And in the earth, just as you say, "So-and-so is the governor in the city and Mecca," and he is in one of them, not in all of them?
The student: In one of them.
The Shaykh : And what is in all of them?
The student: The authority.
The Shaykh : His governorship, his governorship and his authority. This is also his divinity in the sky and in the earth. As for He (Mighty and Majestic), He is in the sky. The second verse
And He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth
وهو الله في السموات وفي الأرضand He is Allah
وهو اللهin the heavens
في السماواتAnd He is Allah, [the only deity] in the heavens
وهو الله في السماواتAnd He is Allah, [the only deity] in the heavens
وهو الله في السماواتAnd He is Allah, [the only deity] in the heavens and the earth. He knows your secret and what you make public, and He knows that which you earn.
وفي الأرض يعلم سركم وجهركمAllah, [the only deity] in the heavens and the earth
الله في السماوات وفي الأرضThe student: Some of them say that He is in the sky.