God, then, as we have already said, sits on His Throne, ruling and directing the world and all therein, yet not in solitary dignity, nor in inaccessible grandeur, for while over and above all, He is present with men wherever they may be. 'Dost thou not see that God knoweth all that is in the Heavens and all that is in the Earth? Three persons speak not privately together, but He is their fourth; nor five, but He is their sixth; nor fewer nor more, but wherever they be He is with them.' ¹ 'He knoweth that which entereth the earth, and that which goeth forth from it, and what cometh down from Heaven, and what mounteth up to it; and wherever ye are He is with you; and God beholdeth all your actions!' ²

Man need not, therefore, look afar to try to find God, He can be found everywhere, and to seek the Face of God man need not turn in any one direction. 'The East and the West is God's: therefore, whichever way ye turn, there is the face of God. Truly God is immense, and knoweth all.' ³ But God is not merely with man, He is near unto him; in closer proximity to his inner being than the warm blood pulsing through his veins. 'We created man: and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are closer to him than his neck-vein.' ⁴

The distinctness of God from His creation and the immanence of God in His creation are alike taught in the Qur'an with the same absoluteness as is to be found in the Old Testament.

3. The omnipresence of a God who knows, naturally means that He is Omniscient. We find, therefore, that according to the Qur'an, God's knowledge is infinite. 'He knoweth all things.' ¹ This knowledge is His because all is His, He made all and rules all; therefore He knows all. 'Knowest thou not that the dominion of the Heavens and the Earth is God's?' ²

Various illustrations are employed by Muhammad to throw light on this divine omniscience, and these are chosen to suit the intellectual attainments of the audience addressed. 'And with Him are the keys of the secret things; none knoweth them but He; He knoweth whatever is on the land and in the sea; and no leaf falleth but He knoweth it; neither is there a grain in the darknesses of the earth, nor a green thing or sere, but it is noted in a distinct writing.' ³

The smallest of His creatures is not forgotten by Him, nor does His infinite knowledge disdain to take cognizance of it and of its needs. 'There is no moving thing on the earth whose nourishment dependeth not on God; He knoweth its haunts and final resting place: all is in the clear Book.' ⁴

His knowledge concerns not merely the persons of His creatures, but enters into the sphere of their mental and moral natures. He knows the thoughts and intents of the heart whether expressed or hidden. 'Do they not doubly fold up their breasts, that they may hide themselves from Him? But when they enshroud themselves