Re: The "Praising the Beloved (saw)" thread
I think poetic license is okay, we don't have to take everything literally, but I agree with Timbit - we have to be careful when talking about these things, and making sure no parallels are made whatsoever between Muhammad (saw) and Allah (swt). There is the danger that some of these poetic verses may be taken in this way.
All these things, like being raised up to the heavens, and the arsh, splitting the moon, making it rain, are all because of Allah, nothing else. All the powers, brilliance and greatness of the Prophet (saw) is because of Allah. In the end, there is nothing but Allah.
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