Names and Attributes of Allah,- "Questions about Allaah'sdescending" .

'No one asks more aboutmy servants thatn myself. Who is asking me, so
I can give to him? Who is calling uon me, so I can answer him? who is
seeking my forgiveness, so I can forgive him?'". I got two questions
about this hadith.
Does Allah descend to the lowest heavnes, or to the earth. There is
another hadith saying that Allah comes in the shadow of the clouds and
some animals know it except for jinn and mankind. I am confused, does
Allah descend to the lowest heavens and animals sense it or he
descends to earth?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly: The matters that you have asked about are matters of the
Unseen which man cannot know except via Revelation – i.e., the Qur'aan
and Sunnah. Undoubtedly the divine descent ends at the lowest heaven,
and Allaah does not descend to the earth, as the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) stated: "Our Lord descends to the
lowest heaven," he did not say: to the earth.
Secondly: With regard towhat you mentioned about Allaah coming in the
shade of the clouds, and that some animals recognize that, after
researching in the available books of hadeeth, and studying the words
of the scholars of deep knowledge who spoke of the issue of the
descent of the Lord – may He be exalted – to the lowest heaven, we did
not find anything to indicate that any such thing can be proven. What
we have to do is toaffirm that which was affirmed by the Messenger of
Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), which is that
Allaah descends to the lowest heaven, and that He descends in a manner
that befits Him, and we refer knowledge of anything other than thatto
the One Who knows it, may He be exalted and glorified, for He is the
All-Knowing, All-Wise.
But it states in the Holy Qur'aan that when Allaah comes on the Day of
Resurrection to pass judgement, He will comein the shade of the
clouds, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Do they then wait for anything other than thatAllaah should come to
them in the shadows of the clouds and the angels? (Then) the case
would be already judged. And to Allaah return all matters (for
decision)"
[al-Baqarah 2:210]
But this will happen on the Day of Resurrection.
And it should be noted that there is no contradiction at all between
our belief that Allaah is above all things and that He is the Exalted,
the Almighty, and our belief that He descends to the lowest heaven,
for the highnessof Allaah is one of His essential attributes which
cannot alter or change – i.e., it cannot be other than it is described
at any time – so there is no contradiction between them, firstly,
because thetexts refer to both of them (i.e., His descending and His
highness), and the texts cannot say anything thatis impossible as is
well known; and secondly, because there is nothinglike unto Allaah in
all His attributes, so His descending is not like the descening of any
of His creatures so that one could say that it contradicts the idea of
His being exalted.