The affirmation of the attribute of العلو for Allaah تعالى

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Allaah تعالى said:

﴿إِلَيْهِ يَصْعَدُ الْكَلِمُ الطَّيِّبُ وَالْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ يَرْفَعُهُ﴾

{To Him ascends good speech, and righteous work raises it.} [Surah al-Faatir (34): 10]

Shaikh Muhammad Ibn `Abdullaah al-Sabeel (d. 1434H) رحمه الله said:

Allaah تعالى said:

﴿إِلَيْهِ يَصْعَدُ الْكَلِمُ الطَّيِّبُ﴾

{To Him ascends good speech} [Surah al-Faatir (35): 10]

{To Him}, meaning: towards Allaah سبحانه وتعالى.

{Yas`ad}, meaning: ascends, rises.

{Good speech}, meaning: Remembrance (of Allaah), Recitation (of the Qur’aan), Du`aa (supplication).

{And righteous work raises it}, meaning: the sincere action, which is free from Riyaa’ (showing-off), and is in accordance with the Sunnah; Allaah تعالى raises it towards Him and accepts it.

In these Noble Verses, there is affirmation of the Attribute of العُلُو (The Most High) for Allaah سبحانه وتعالى; for ascension and rising (of a thing) is not possible except from the lower (level) towards the higher (level).

فتاوى ورسائل مختارة ص. (33)