And since we find no Muslim who says that Allah is established above latrines and privies, being established above the Throne cannot mean exercising dominion, which extends to all things. Rather, it must have a meaning specific to the Throne, to the exclusion of all other things.”
He said: “The Muʿtazila, the Jahmiyya, and the Harūriyya claim that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is in every place. This would entail His being in Mary’s womb and in latrines. Far exalted is Allah above what the wrongdoers say!
“They should be told: If Allah were not established above the Throne in a sense specific to the Throne alone, as the transmitters of the reports have affirmed, and if Allah were in every place, then He, Glorified is He, would be beneath the earth, with the earth above Him and heaven above the earth. This would entail His being below the lowest, with things above Him, whereas He, Mighty and Majestic, is above the highest, with all things beneath Him. This would require Him to be above what is beneath Him and beneath what is above Him—an impossibility, invalid and contradictory. Exalted is Allah, our Lord—majestic is His glory—above that