He it is who created for you all that is in the earth; He made all created things subject to [human beings] meaning that they obtain benefit from [created things] in everything: [human beings] dwell on the earth live under the sky are guided by the stars and benefit in one way or another from every created thing. Furthermore [if human beings] were to reflect upon any perceived thing or effect ʿayn wa-athar they would recognize the perfection of His power and the appearance of His lordship in [that thing or effect]. It is said that He has paved the way of knowing for them and awakened them to the ways of beautiful behavior. Moreover He taught them the most sublime aspiration inasmuch as He claimed their works and states for Himself alone for He said Do not prostrate to the sun and moon [41:37]. then He turned istawā to heaven and leveled the seven heavens and He has knowledge of all things. The things that have been brought into existence akwān are laid out in a uniform way istawat by His power; it is not that the Real سبحانه in His Essence sat Himself down istawā on any created thing. How could that be! Unicity aḥadiyya and Self-Sufficiency ṣamadiyya are His real- ity. What some have imagined regarding the possibility of Him being in a specific place is absurd since one “sits” in a place but the Real سبحانه in His Essence does not sit in any place.
