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Originally Posted by Kadhim

Whereness implies where-not-ness, which implies physical limits, which implies a refutation of the limitlessness of God. If you place God in a specific physical location, you repeat the same errors of the ancient Greeks. "Everywhere you turn, there is the face of God." "I am closer to you than your jugular vein," etc., demonstrate the falseness of claims that God is up in the skies somewhere, or out in space.
A'laa in this sense is not a relation of physical position or height; it is a denotation of rank. God is greater than heaven; in this sense, he is above it.

These are my first and only comments on this. I'm not going to engage in detailed debate with a literalist over the most figurative text around.

Yeah... I like how you used the Qur'an and Hadeeths to prove your point. Right on.