The Throne and Kursi, Divine Independence, Accompaniment and Encompassing
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- What is the foundational belief about the Throne and Kursi?
- How should one treat the undisclosed mode of the Throne and Kursi?
- What does “Owner of the Glorious Throne” establish?
- What is described by the verse mentioning eight bearers?
- What does the verse about the Kursi extending over the heavens and earth express?
- What does Allah’s independence of the Throne mean?
- Why is need for a place not attributed to Allah?
- What does istiwa over the Throne not entail?
- What is the basic meaning of Allah encompassing everything?
- What is the creature’s limit regarding Allah’s encompassing?
- Divine encompassing is distinct from which concept?
- Which verse affirms Allah encompassing everything?
- Where does “Surely He encompasses everything” appear?
- How are encompassing by essence and by knowledge related?
- What is the principle concerning essential and epistemic nearness?
- What does the verse of nearness to the jugular vein affirm?
- In al-Baydawi’s explanation, what follows from essential nearness?
- What is affirmed by “He is with you wherever you are”?
- Which aspects appear in al-Fasi’s explanation of accompaniment?
- What does “without specifying a mode” mean for divine accompaniment?
- Which qualities are used in Qadi Sana Allah Panipati’s account of special accompaniment?
- What underlies the distinction between essential and knowledge-based accompaniment?
- What does affirmation of divine transcendence not require?
- What does Thanawi reject as a model of essential accompaniment?
- Why are accompaniment and istiwa not treated as contradictory?
- What does “Allah encompasses the disbelievers” establish?
- Which conclusion should not be drawn from attributive accompaniment?
- What must be avoided in describing knowledge, power, and accompaniment?
- Which combination correctly expresses the belief about the Throne and divine independence?
- What is the proper boundary for nearness, accompaniment, and encompassing?
- Allah depends on the Throne and what is beneath it.
- Affirming accompaniment by knowledge necessarily denies essential accompaniment.
- One may affirm the reality of Throne and Kursi while refraining from inventing their undisclosed mode.
- Divine encompassing necessarily includes bodily contact of the kind found among creatures.