Ibn Masʿūd—may Allah be pleased with him—said about the verse, “Then He rose over the Throne” (7:54): “The Throne is upon the water, and Allah is above the Throne, while He knows everything you are doing.”

Qatādah commented on His words, “He is the One Who is God in heaven and God on earth” (43:84): “He is worshipped in heaven and He is worshipped on earth.”

Ibn ʿAbbās—may Allah be pleased with them both—explained the verse, “He directs the affair from heaven to earth; then it ascends to Him in a day whose length is a thousand years of what you count” (32:5), saying, “That is, a thousand of the days of your year.”

Allah also said: “Do you feel secure that He who is in heaven will not cause the earth to swallow you, so that it quakes beneath you? Or do you feel secure that He who is in heaven will not send against you a storm of stones?” (67:16-17).

ʿImrān ibn Ḥuṣayn—may Allah be pleased with him—narrated: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to my father, “How many deities do you worship today?” He replied, “Seven: six on earth and one in heaven.” The Prophet asked, “Which of them do you turn to for your hopes and fears?” He answered, “The One who is in heaven.” The Prophet said, “If you embrace Islam, I shall teach you two words that will benefit you.” When Ḥuṣayn accepted Islam he said, “O Messenger of Allah, teach me the two words you promised.” He replied, “O Allah, inspire me with right guidance and protect me from the evil of my own soul.”

Some scholars have said: “The Jahmiyyah are the true anthropomorphists, for they likened their Lord to a lifeless idol—deaf, dumb, unable to hear, see, speak, or create. The Jahmiyyah assert that He neither speaks nor even sees Himself, and they claim that Allah’s very name is created. By their logic, when the caller to prayer announces the adhan they are compelled to say, ‘There is no god but Allah—whose name is Allah—and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of the one whose name is Allah,’ because they maintain that the name of Allah is a created thing.”