What is lower is the opposite of what is higher; this therefore indicates that what is sacred is above.

If it is said:
“What is meant is exalted rank or attributes,”

the reply is:
“This interpretation is not valid here, because the estimative faculties are drawn only to meanings that are not perceptible to the senses within something that is perceptible to them. Whatever is perceptible to the senses can be above the world.”

The seventh aspect:

It may be said that the meanings to which he refers, even if expressed in unfamiliar terms, are precisely what Allah has instilled in the innate nature of His servants. When some difficulty besets them and they need to direct their hearts to Allah, they turn upward and conceive of Allah as munificent and generous: He answers the distressed person when he calls upon Him, provides for them, and grants them help. They thus recognize in Him what accords with what they seek, desire, and love.

This is what these thinkers call estimation.

Likewise, someone who loves Him, loves remembering Him, and delights in intimate supplication to Him finds within his innate nature something that he seeks on high. He conceives of his Lord as possessing attributes for which He deserves to be worshipped, loved, and obeyed. This is what they call estimation. He finds his heart turning upward and away from what is below, unless his innate nature has been altered.

If he is told:
“Your Lord is not above,”

or something else, such as:
“He is not in