How are the texts of Allah's highness and His ma'iyyah understood together?
2026-09-21
T40 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
Selected explanation · Selected source passage(s) — fully translated
Selected passage reporting objections raised against Ibn Taymiyyah’s statement of creed and reproducing the statement and its Qur’anic evidence. It stops before his detailed response to the three objections. The English translates every displayed Arabic paragraph; this selection is not the complete surrounding work. Square brackets identify translator-supplied clarification.
النص العربي
المقتطف
وَأَمَّا الْأَسْئِلَةُ الثَّلَاثَةُ: وَهِيَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ عُمْدَتَهُمْ فَأَوْرَدُوهَا عَلَى قَوْلِنَا وَقَدْ دَخَلَ فِيمَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ مِنْ الْإِيمَانِ بِاَللَّهِ: الْإِيمَانُ بِمَا أَخْبَرَ اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَتَوَاتَرَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَأَجْمَعَ عَلَيْهِ سَلَفُ الْأُمَّةِ، مِنْ أَنَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ فَوْقَ سَمَوَاتِهِ عَلَى عَرْشِهِ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ وَهُوَ مَعَهُمْ أَيْنَمَا كَانُوا يَعْلَمُ مَا هُمْ عَامِلُونَ كَمَا جَمَعَ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ فِي قَوْله تَعَالَى {هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ} .
English translation
English translation reviewed against the displayed Arabic by SalafAlSalih editorial preparation (AI-assisted); explanatory additions appear in square brackets or separate notes.
Selected explanation
As for the three questions, which were their principal arguments and which they raised against our statement: “Included in what we have mentioned concerning faith in Allah is faith in what Allah has related in His Book, what has been transmitted through numerous independent chains from the Messenger of Allah, and what the early generations of the community agreed upon: that He, Glorified is He, is above His heavens, over His Throne, exalted above His creation; and He is with them wherever they are, knowing what they do.” He combined these matters in His statement, Exalted is He: “He is the One who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then rose over the Throne. He knows what enters the earth and what emerges from it, what descends from the heaven and what ascends into it. He is with you wherever you are, and Allah sees what you do.”
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 3/177
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
Arabic passage checked against the cited volume and printed page. English reviewed against every displayed Arabic paragraph on 14 October 2026.