Answers to questions on `Aqidah
From `Abdul `Aziz Ibn `Abdullah Ibn Baz to our brother Dr. M. A. H. may Allah protect him; Assalamu `alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuh (May Allah's Peace, Mercy, and Blessings be upon you!)
With reference to your letter in which you asked me to explain the meaning of the following Ayahs:
And He is Allâh (to be worshipped Alone) in the heavens and on the earth; He knows what you conceal and what you reveal, and He knows what you earn (good or bad). (See V.43:84)
His Kursî extends over the heavens and the earth, and He feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving them. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.
It is He (Allâh) Who is the only Ilâh (God to be worshipped) in the heaven and the only Ilâh (God to be worshipped) on the earth. And He be the AllWise, the AllKnower.
There is no Najwâ (secret counsel) of three but He is their fourth (with His Knowledge, while He Himself is over the Throne, over the seventh heaven), nor of five but He is their sixth (with His Knowledge), nor of less than that or more but He is with them (with His Knowledge) wheresoever they may be. And afterwards on the Day of Resurrection He will inform them of what they did. Verily, Allâh is the AllKnower of everything.
and the Hadith of the slavegirl related by Muslim that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to her, "Where is Allah." She replied: "In the heaven." He (peace be upon him) asked her: "Who am I?" She replied: "You are the Messenger of Allah." Then, he (peace be upon him) said to her master: "Set her free, for she is a believer."
Could you please explain the meaning of these Ayahs and the Hadith.
The answer is that the general meaning of these Ayahs and the Prophetic Hadith denotes Glorification and Sublimity of Allah above His creation and that nothing of His creation, tiny or large, secret or open, is hidden from Him. These Ayahs also demonstrate His Comprehensive Power over everything and save Him from disability (may He be Praised).