that He who is in heaven will not send against you a storm of stones?”

“Rather, Allah raised him to Himself.”

“The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him.”

“He directs the affairs from heaven to earth, then they ascend to Him.”

“They fear their Lord above them.”

“Then He rose over the Throne”—in six passages.

“The Most Merciful rose over the Throne.”

“O Hāmān, build me a lofty tower so that I may reach the ways—”

“the ways of the heavens—and look upon the God of Moses; indeed, I think he is a liar.”

“A revelation from One All-Wise, Praiseworthy.”

“Sent down from your Lord in truth.”

There are many similar passages, which can scarcely be counted without considerable effort. The authentic and good hadiths likewise contain examples that can be counted only with considerable effort, such as the account of the Messenger’s ascent to his Lord, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the angels’ descent from Allah and ascent to Him; and his words concerning the angels who take turns among you by night and day:

“Those who have spent the night among you then go forth to their Lord, who questions them, although He knows best about them.”

In an authentic hadith concerning the Kharijites, he said:

“Will you not trust me, when I am the trusted one of Him who is in heaven? News from heaven comes to me morning and evening.”

In the hadith concerning healing through supplication, narrated by Abū Dāwūd and others:

“Our Lord is Allah, who is in heaven. Hallowed be Your name. Your command prevails in heaven and on earth. As Your mercy is in heaven, place Your mercy on earth. Forgive us our sins and our misdeeds. You are the Lord of the righteous. Send down mercy from Your mercy and healing from Your healing upon this ailment.”

The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“If any of you falls ill, or a brother of his falls ill, let him say: ‘Our Lord is Allah, who is in heaven.’”

He then related the rest of the supplication. And his words in the hadith of the mountain goats:

“The Throne is above that, and Allah is above His Throne, and He knows