And He also says,

“Whenever they wish to escape from it, overwhelmed by anguish, they are hurled back into it” [as-Sajdah 32:22];

and He says,

“It will be closed in upon them” [al-Humazah 104:8].

Verses of this kind are abundant in the Quran.1

As for the heaven and the earth, they will have passed away, for their inhabitants will have been transferred to Paradise and to the Fire. The Throne, however, neither perishes nor disappears, for it is the roof of Paradise and Allah is above it; accordingly, it can never be destroyed or come to nothing.

With regard to His words,

“Everything will perish except His Face” [al-Qasas 28:88],

Allah had already revealed,

“Everyone upon it will pass away” [ar-Raḥmān 55:26].

The angels then said, “The people of the earth have perished,” hoping that they themselves might remain. So Allah sent down a verse informing the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth that they too will die, saying,

“Everything”—that is, every living creature—“will perish,” meaning will die, “except His Face,” for He is the Ever-Living who never dies. Only then did they become certain that death awaits them as well.

We said to the Jahmites, when they claimed that Allah is in every place and that no place is devoid of Him: “Tell us about Allah’s words—exalted is His praise—

‘When his Lord manifested Himself to the mountain’ [al-Aʿrāf 7:134].

Why would He manifest Himself to the mountain if, according to your claim, He was already inside it? Had He been within it, as you allege, He would not have manifested Himself to something in which He already resided. Rather, Allah—glorified be He—is upon the Throne, and He manifested Himself…"