Now what I understand is that Allah is limitless and HE is everywhere (omnipresent). To reduce Allah or to limit Him is Shirk.
Allah Ta'ala's knowledge is everywhere, not He, Himself, is everywhere! Since according to you He is everywhere, it means He is inside and outside of His creation. Then is Allah Ta'ala in your toilet too? Does He sleep with you? This is plain kufr! Why do you raise your hands above when He is supposedly everywhere? Why was Prophet Isa ('alayhi as-salam) raised above to His Lord if His Lord is everywhere? Did Allah's Messenger (sal-allahu 'alayhi wa salam) lie when He affirmed the belief of the slave girl who said that Allah Ta'ala is above the heavens. Or did the Salaf lie when they affirmed that He is above the heavens over His throne? Why does Allah Ta'ala descend to the lowest heaven in the last 3rd of every night when He is everywhere? How is Allah being above the heavens over His throne limit His other attributes?
Let's answer these questions before moving on
All the ayaats you have quoted seem quite clear, Allah can see, Allah can hear. Allah has a throne cause he is the real King/Ruler or the universe. *This is figurative. *
I asked the same question to other brother and I'm asking you the same question, according to who they are to be understood figuratively? So, Allah Ta'ala says that He created the Adam ('alayhi as-salam) with His two hands. Please tell me what is the figurative interpretation of it? and why is it so and according to who? The messenger of Allah (sal-allahu 'alayhi wa salam) informed in the Saheeh hadith reported in Saheeh Muslim that Dajjaal is one eyed but Allah Ta'ala is not one eyed. What is your figurative interpretation?
050.016 * **YUSUFALI:* It was We Who created man, and We know what dark suggestions his soul makes to him: for We are nearer to him than (his) jugular vein.
If he is sitting up in heaven somewhere then how come he is so near. God is omnipresent and omnipotent. If you start taking things too literally then Quran appears to be in contradiction.
Qur'aan is not contradicting itself, it is your understanding and lack of knowledge about this whole issue. I said that we understand the Qur'aan how the Salaf understood it. The Salaf said that Allah is above the heavens but He is everywhere in knowledge. He is closer to us than our jugular vein in knowledge not that He, Himself, is closer to us than our juglar vein. If you affirm the latar, it is kufr statemtent; it means Allah Ta'ala is inside His creation.
Why do you not tell me according to who what you say is what we should believe in? Because you're a layman like myself; therefore, not an authority in Islaam from whom we take our opinions from.
- 003.007 * YUSUFALI: He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: In it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book: others are allegorical. But those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part thereof that is allegorical, seeking discord, and searching for its hidden meanings, but no one knows its hidden meanings except Allah. And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: "We believe in the Book; the whole of it is from our Lord:" and none will grasp the Message except men of understanding. do you relaize that this ayah is a proof against you? Why did Allah Ta'ala sent His book down? Why didn't the book come from left or right since He is everywhere? Why did it come from above and send down? The issue of mutashabiha doesn't prove anything. allhamdulillah, the Ahlu Sunnah believe in the whole Qur'aan unlike those who reject the clear ayaat?