University of Universe

1. Introduction: The Enigma of Divine Locality The question "Where is Allah?" ( Ayna Allah? ) serves as a fulcrum upon which the vast machinery of Islamic theology balances. It is an inquiry that transcends mere spatial coordinates, delving into the very nature of existence, the attributes of the Divine, and the cognitive limits of the human mind. In the Islamic tradition, the answer is not a singular data point but a complex interplay of scriptural literalism, metaphysical abstraction, and mystical intuition. It navigates the tension between Tanzih —the absolute transcendence of a Creator who resembles nothing in His creation—and the potent, spatially suggestive imagery of the Quran and Sunnah, which describe a God who "rose over the Throne" ( Istawa 'ala al-Arsh ) and "descends" ( Nuzul ) to the lowest heaven in the depths of the night. To ask "where" implies a coordinate system, a container of space and time within which an entity can be l...