Can one say this about Allah?
 

Salaam alaikum,

Can one say figuratively about Allah the following;

Ya Mawjoodun fi kulli makaan?

What would be the possible translations of this be? I seen it mawjood translated as present but that didn't sit well, can it be translated as 'found'? Jazakallah khair.

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In my humble opinion it would be better to use Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum.

For fatwa on this issue please contact the Darul Ifta of Darul uloom Deoband.

My personal ideas about such statements is that if you use them, it demands that you understand what its meanings and details are. What does it mean and how? What is makaan? What does it mean for Allah swt to be mawjood in every place? How is Allah swt mawjood in every place? These understandings are anyways more wijdaani, zouqi type. So its not safe to use that statement. Better to use something commonly found as masnoon so that you can kill two birds with one stone; 1 - be safe and 2 - say the same thing you originally wanted to say but say it in a safe way. So rather than saying mawjood fi kulli makaan in my humble opinion it is better to say Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum.

Generally, and from personal experience, that its best to avoid these types of statements even though one may totally understand the front and back of what one is saying, but still avoid it because if you go public with them they have potential to cause a lot of fitnah, public is not understanding in the same sense as you are even if you are understanding and saying in the right sense.