The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 167
Allāh the Exalted 167 is apart from everything and is at a station which is beyond the beyond. [Chashma-e-Ma'rifat, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 23, pp. 276-277]. Another objection which is sometimes raised is that it appears from the Holy Qur'an that on the Day of Judgement eight angels will bear aloft the 'Arsh, from which it is concluded that in this world four angels bear the 'Arsh aloft. Here a question arises that God Almighty is above having His Throne borne up by anyone. The answer is as you have just heard that the 'Arsh is nothing material which can be borne up or is capable of being borne up. . The station of transcendence and Holiness is 'Arsh and that is why it is described as uncreated. A material object cannot be outside the creation of God. Whatever has been stated with regard to the 'Arsh is by way of metaphor. A reasonable person can understand that this objection is baseless. . The truth is that when God Almighty withdraws to the station where His attribute of transcendence covers all. His other attributes and makes Him beyond of beyond and hidden of hidden, which station, in the idiom of the. Holy Qur'an, is called 'Arsh, then God rises above human reason and reason cannot reach Him. Then four of. His attributes which have been named four angels which have been manifested in the world, disclose His hidden. Being. . The first of these is His Rububiyyat through which He perfects man physically and spiritually. The manifestation of the body and soul is in consequence of the demand of Rububiyyat. In the same way Divine revelation and the manifestation of extraordinary signs are in consequence of the demand of Rububiyyat.