[2:29] He it is who created for you all that is in the earth;
He made all created things subject to them in the sense of their obtaining benefit in each thing from them. They dwell on the earth, live under the sky, are guided by the stars, and benefit from every created thing in other ways. But they do not contemplate any perceived thing or effect (ʿayn wa athar) without recognizing the perfection of His power and the appearance of His lordship in it.
It is said He has paved the way of knowing for them and awakened them to what He has singled out for them in beautiful action. Moreover He taught them the most sublime aspiration inasmuch as He claimed their works and states for Himself alone, for He said, 'Do not prostrate to the sun and moon [41:37]'.
[2:29 cont'd] then He turned (istawā) to heaven and leveled them seven heavens and He has knowledge of all things.
The things that have been brought into existence (akwān) are laid out in a uniform way (istawat) by His power; it is not that the Real (s) in His Essence sat Himself down (istawā) on any created thing. How could that be! Unicity (aḥadiyya) and Self-Sufficiency (ṣamadiyya) are His reality. What some have imagined regarding the possibility of Him being in a specific place is absurd since one 'sits' in a place but the Real (s) in His Essence does not sit in any place.