And Allah the Exalted says:
“Prostrate and draw near.”
[Surah al-‘Alaq 19]

As for his statement, “His exaltedness is without climbing, and His coming is without moving from place to place,” this wording is ambiguous and closer to innovation. It may suggest that He is not above His creation and may be understood as denying what the Quran and Sunnah establish concerning His rising above, coming, arrival, and other attributes. This issue and the preceding one are two major questions that we have discussed elsewhere, including in Response to the Egyptian Objections and other works.

As for his statement, “He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden, the Near and the Far,” the Far is not among Allah’s names, nor did any of the early generations of this Ummah or its leading scholars describe Him as such. Rather, He is described as near, not distant.

In the well-known hadith cited in Quranic commentary, the Muslims said, “O Messenger of Allah, is our Lord near, so that we may speak to Him privately, or distant, so that we must call out to Him?” Allah then revealed:
“When My servants ask you concerning Me, I am indeed near.”
[Surah al-Baqarah 186]

This entails describing Him