place, in direct contradiction to what He has revealed in His Book:

“Do you feel secure against Him who is in the heaven that He will not cause the earth to swallow you, and then it quakes?” (67:16);

“Unto Him ascend the good words, and the righteous deed He raises.” (35:10);

“The Most Merciful rose over the Throne.” (20:5).

Thus He possesses the Throne upon which He is established, and the Footstool that encompasses the heavens and the earth, as He—exalted be He—says: “His Footstool extends over the heavens and the earth.” (2:255). His Footstool is a tangible entity, and the seven heavens and the seven earths beside the Footstool are like a ring cast in a vast open plain. His Footstool is not to be interpreted as His knowledge, as—