What is the stronger position regarding Allah's presence with the believers?
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Question:
Is the stronger position regarding Allah's presence with the believers that it is essential to His self?
Answer:
It is presence by knowledge.
Q: It is not essential to His self?
A: There are two types: general and specific.
The specific type is like: [Surah al-Tawbah: 40], [Surah Ta-Ha: 46], meaning: by His knowledge, His support, and His assistance.
And the general type is: [Surah al-Hadid: 4], meaning: by His knowledge and His assistance, and He is above the Throne, not with the people on the earth; He is above the Throne (Exalted and Majestic is He).
Q: So not by His self...?
A: By His knowledge, His encompassing, His support, and His assistance for the awliya (close friends of Allah).
Is the stronger position regarding Allah's presence with the believers that it is essential to His self?
Answer:
It is presence by knowledge.
Q: It is not essential to His self?
A: There are two types: general and specific.
The specific type is like:
Do not grieve; indeed Allah is with us.
لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَنَاIndeed, I am with you both; I hear and I see.
إِنَّنِي مَعَكُمَا أَسْمَعُ وَأَرَىAnd the general type is:
and He is with you wherever you are
وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْQ: So not by His self...?
A: By His knowledge, His encompassing, His support, and His assistance for the awliya (close friends of Allah).
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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