Where is ALLAH?
Answer: Unless you have decided not to "see" Him, you cannot "miss" Him! "No vision can grasp Allah but Allah grasps all visions" (The Qur'an 6:103). A slave's answer, "above the heavens," was accepted by the Prophet (peace be upon him) who then ordered her master to "free her. She is a believer." (Muslim). When supplicating to Allah, "Muslims raise their hands knowing that Allah is above them." (Ibn al-Qayyim). How do we reply to those who ask, "Where is Allah exactly?'' We cannot 'locate' Allah the way we locate human beings, places and objects. We can ask the whereabouts of a person or an object that exist in time and space. For example, we live in time (today), and we have a body that fills some space. Allah is the Creator of time and space. The Creator cannot be of the same nature as the things He created. If Allah is like His creations, then His existence, like His creations,