Allah exist without a place

Allah exist without a place

By Shaikh Ali in Islam (Files) · 

Nahmadohu Wa Nussallee Wa Nusallimu A`laa Rasoolihil-Kareem

Allaah said, in Surat ash-Shura verse 11:

{(لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ)}

means: <<Nothing is like Him whatsoever.>>

This verse means that nothing is similar to Allaah in any way. It is a muhkam verse; a verse that only has one meaning according to the Arabic language. It is explicit, not ambiguous nor figurative. The only meaning it can possibly have is that nothing resembles Allaah. It means that there is nothing common between Allaah and His creations; that Allaah is not like anything, and nothing is like Him; that every creation is not similar to Allaah in any way what so ever. This is the meaning. This is enough to protect you from falling into the blasphemy of likening Allaah to His creations, which is shirk.

{(لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ)}<<laysa kamithlihi shay’>>.

The word لیس “laysa” is the word of negation. The first letter prefixed to the next word is the ك “Kaaf” with a fathah; a word made of one letter, simply pronounced as “ka”. It originally means “like”. It is affixed to the word مثل “mithli”, meaning “like”. The last letter suffixed on the word “mithli” is the ه “haa’” with a kasrah, so it is actually pronounced “he”. It is a third person masculine pronoun meaning “him”, and it refers to Allaah. The last word in the verse is شيء “shay’ ”, which means “thing”. It is a general, indefinite term referring to all of the creations. It is easily noticed that Allaah revealed the word “mithli” in this verse, with the addition of revealing the “kaaf”. The negation of this combination emphatically denies any likeness to Him. If the “kaaf” were removed ( لیس مثله شيء ), it would still mean that nothing is like Him. However, Allaah revealed the “kaaf” added to the “mithli”, and this emphasizes the meaning that nothing is similar to Him.

Furthermore, the term شيء “shay’ ” is indefinite, and whenever an indefinite noun is presented in a negative context, then the meaning is an all-inclusive negation. In other words, look at the difference between saying, “He is not like a thing”, and “He is not like the thing”. The first of these two is more inclusive, because the term “thing” is indefinite. From this, we can know that Allaah is clear of having or being a body, and is clear of organs, motion, places, directions, and change. According to the judgment of the mind, attributes such as those would draw similarities between Allaah and His creatures.

{(لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ)}<<Nothing is like Him whatsoever.>>

is the most explicit verse in the Qur’aan that clears Allaah from resembling His creations. Whoever is lost in the ocean of confusion from the prevalent ignorance among today’s Muslims, let this verse be his plank of wood for staying afloat. Never liken Allaah to His creations, no matter how many verses a Wahhaabiyy may bring to you to convince you that Allaah is like a body.

{(لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ)}<<Nothing is like Him whatsoever.>>

is a muhkam verse, and again, a muhkam verse is a verse that can only have one interpretation according to the Arabic language. It is important to know the merit Allaah gave to the muhkam verses. Allaah said in the Qur'an:

هُوَ الَّذِىْۤ اَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتٰبَ مِنْهُ اٰيٰتٌ مُّحْكَمٰتٌ هُنَّ اُمُّ الْكِتٰبِ وَاُخَرُ مُتَشٰبِهٰتٌ[ﺳﻮﺭﺓ ﺀﺍﻝ ﻋﻤﺮﺍﻥ]

Surat Al-^Imran, ayah 7 means: [Allaah is the One Who has sent down to the Prophet the Book that contains muhkam ayahs, which are the foundation of the Book, and other ayahs which are mutashabih.]