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Is the phrase "When we supplicate to Allah, we never feel the distance of the seven heavens that separate us from Him, glory be to Him" considered legally prohibited or an inappropriate description of the Divine Being, taking into account that the intention behind it is to affirm His saying, Exalted is He: "And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then I am near," and to feel the closeness of Allah during supplication?

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The meaning intended by the questioner is correct, but the expression that the distance separating us from Allah is the seven heavens is incorrect, because the Throne is the greatest and highest of all creations. The correct approach is to adhere to the sacred texts, such as His saying, the Almighty: "And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than his jugular vein," and His saying: "Do you not see that Allah knows what is in the heavens and what is on the earth? There is no secret consultation of three but that He is their fourth, nor of five but that He is their sixth, nor of fewer than that or more but that He is with them wherever they are." And the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "For you are not calling upon one who is deaf or absent; indeed, He is with you, He is All-Hearing, All-Near." And his explanation of Ihsan: "To worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you do not see Him, then indeed He sees you."

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