all, or that it is in all of them. We see that all Muslims, when they supplicate, raise their hands toward the Throne and do not lower them toward the earth when supplicating.

He said: Some among the Muʿtazilah, Jahmiyyah, and Harūriyyah have said that His statement,

“The Most Merciful has risen over the Throne” {5} [Tā Hā 5],

means that He took control, ruled, and subdued, and that Allah is everywhere. They denied that Allah is over His Throne, as the people of truth affirm. Thus, they interpreted rising over as taking control. If it were as they claimed, there would be no difference between the Throne and the seventh earth