Allah, while He is with them.’ [al-Nisā’: 108]

That is, He is among them through His knowledge.

He also said:

‘When the two groups came within sight of one another, Moses’ companions said, “We are sure to be overtaken!” (61) He said, “No! Indeed, my Lord is with me; He will guide me.” (62)’ [al-Shu‘arā’: 61–62]

That is, in helping him against Pharaoh.”

He said:

“When the proof became clear against the Jahmī concerning his claim about Allah that He is with His creation, [he said: ‘He is] within everything, neither in contact with anything nor separate from it.’

We said, ‘If He is not separate from it, is He not in contact with it?’

He said, ‘No.’

We said, ‘How can He be within everything, neither in contact with it nor separate from it?’ He could not give a satisfactory answer.

So he said, ‘Without specifying how.’ With this expression he deceives the ignorant and misleads them.

I said to him, ‘On the Day of Resurrection, will there be anything but Paradise, Hell, the Throne, and the air?’

He said, ‘Yes, that is so.’

We said, ‘Then where will our Lord be?’

He said, ‘In the Hereafter He will be within everything, just as He was within everything wherever He was in this world.’

We said, ‘Then your position is that whatever there is of