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Originally Posted by Salahadeen

Wa alaykum as-Salam dear brother Mossad-Conspiracy,

This is a very common argument used against the Salafis. But the refutation of this is actually very simple.

Let me ask you: Where are the heavens? Can you point to the heavens? Do you point up? If you point up, would people on the opposite side of the earth point down when you ask them "where are the heavens"?

We know that the heavens are up, no matter where you are on the earth. Therefore, however you reconcile this for the heavens, then that reconciliation should work for Allah Almighty Who is above the heavens.

salam

thats the same point i was making. The prophet (saw) was not pointing to a specific spot but rather the sky and the "heavens" above it as a generality

if somebody asks you to point to where the international space station is, or the moon, or some other structure that exists beyond the sky, and at that point in time it was orbitting the opposite side of the earth, you would have to point downwards at the ground to be accurate.

ws