In his book 'Tabyinu kadhibil-Muftariyy' , Hafidh Abul-Qasim ^Aliyy ibn al-Husayn ibn Hibatil-lah known as Ibn ^Asakir ad-Dimashqiyy (died 571 AH) on the subject of the Attributes of Allah, the Exalted said: "He (Allah) is eternally existent and eternally place did not exist, He created the ^Arsh and Kursiyy without the need for place. He still exists, after place was brought into existence, as He was before creating the place (і.е. without a place)".