And it is precisely this that the scriptural and rational proofs establish must be denied of the Lord and from which He must be declared free. For Allah, glorified and exalted be He, has declared that He is the Most High, saying:

“Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High.”

If the term “highness” does not entail that He Himself is above the Throne, then it does not follow that He is over the Throne. In that case, “descent” and similar expressions must certainly be interpreted figuratively, since there would be nothing there from which descent could be conceived. But if the term “highness” entails that He Himself is above the Throne, then He, glorified be He, is higher than everything, just as He is greater than everything. Were He to come beneath anything in the created world, some of His creatures would be higher than Him, and He would no longer be the Most High. This contradicts His description of Himself.

Furthermore, He has declared that He created the heavens and the earth in six days, then rose over the Throne. If His rising over the Throne does not entail that He is above it, then His rising over the Throne would not be known, and it would then be possible that nothing is above the Throne. This would require interpreting descent and other such expressions figuratively. But if it does entail that He is above the Throne, then His being over the Throne necessarily follows. He has declared that He rose over it after creating the heavens and the earth in six days, and He reported this when He sent down the Quran to Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, thousands of years later; and it is indicated