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Does Satan come to the Son of Adam from all directions except above, because Allah is above them, or is Allah present in all directions?

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It is not permissible to attribute to Allah Almighty anything but loftiness and above-ness. The texts of the Quran and Sunnah, and the consensus of the Companions, the Tabi'in, and the Imams, have all indicated that Allah Almighty is separate from His creation, established upon His Throne, and His Throne is above His heavens. As for what Satan mentioned in the Quran: "Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful," he only mentioned the four directions, without including below-ness or above-ness.

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