A Brief Description of Islam as the Shi'ites Believe

THE HOLY QURAN - S43: 84

"And He is with you where ever you may be, and Allah sees all that you do."

THE HOLY QURAN - S 57: 4

Yes, He is nearer to us than ourselves. He is with our soul, and He is everywhere, and in the meanwhile He has not a certain place:

"It was we who created man, and We know the promptings of his soul .... For We are nearer to him than his jugular vein."

THE HOLY QURAN - S 50: 16

"He is the first and the last, the visible and the invisible, and He has full knowledge of all things."

THE HOLY QURAN _ S 85: 15

Therefore if we read in the Holy QURAN that: `He is the owner of ARSH' (which means either throne or empyrean) or `He sat upon His throne'; or `His throne does extend over the heaven and earth;' none of these verses mean that He may have a certain place. (these are all metaphors) These are to express His sovereignty over every thing and every place. If we consider Him to have a certain place, we have limited Him by giving Him the attributes of His creatures, while we know that:- `nothing is like Him'. (Q - S 42: 11) And: there is none equal to Him! (Q - S 112: 4)

4- GOD HAS NO MATERIAL BODY AND NO EYE CAN EVER SEE HIM