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Makan Aliyy

مكان علي
Definition

A high station — the Quranic description of the rank to which Allah raised Idris. Scholars differ on whether this refers to a physical elevation to the heavens or an exalted spiritual rank, with Ibn Kathir presenting both interpretations from the salaf.

As understood in the classical tradition of Ibn Kathir and the scholars of his school.

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