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How can Allah's elevatedness be interpreted while accepting that the Earth is spherical, and that what is above the Americas is below the one asking, and what is above the one asking is below them?

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Superiority and inferiority are relative matters, and everything in existence is above and below from a certain perspective. Allah Almighty is above all His creation, and His superiority is not like the superiority of created things. He has affirmed it for Himself in the Holy Qur’an. One must submit to what Allah has informed us and not delve into what cannot be comprehended.

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