He says: “And cause us to die with the righteous” (193) [Āl ‘Imrān 193].

He says: “Let a group of them stand with you,” continuing to His words: “And let another group, who have not yet prayed, come and pray with you” [al-Nisā’ 102].

He says: “Then do not sit with them until they engage in another discussion” [al-Nisā’ 140].

He says: “And we hope that our Lord will admit us with the righteous people” (84) [al-Mā’idah 84].

In these many passages in which Allah describes one created being as being with another, this does not entail that the first is inside the second, that its essence is in any way mixed or blended with the other’s essence, or that it is spatially coincident with it. How, then, when the Lord describes Himself as being with His servants, both generally and specifically, can it be said that the apparent meaning is that His essence is within them, or blended and mixed with them?

This is because “with” is an adverb of place conveying companionship, association, and agreement. Thus, when one says, “This is with that,” the sense is that it is in a place or position connected with the other, such that the two are associated