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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 143
"You shall not see Me." Would that I knew how the Mu'tazilites
knew the attributes of Allah that Moses himself did not
know; or how Moses asked to see Allah when seeing Him was impossible!
Ignorance is more likely to be rampant among heretics
and sectarians than among the prophets - the praise of
Allah be upon them -. As for the reason of taking the verse
describing seeing literally it is because it does not lead to
the impossible.
For sight is a kind of revelation and knowledge, although it
is more complete and clearer than knowledge. And if it is possible
to know Allah without reference to direction, it is also
possible to see Him without reference to direction. And
knew the attributes of Allah that Moses himself did not
know; or how Moses asked to see Allah when seeing Him was impossible!
Ignorance is more likely to be rampant among heretics
and sectarians than among the prophets - the praise of
Allah be upon them -. As for the reason of taking the verse
describing seeing literally it is because it does not lead to
the impossible.
For sight is a kind of revelation and knowledge, although it
is more complete and clearer than knowledge. And if it is possible
to know Allah without reference to direction, it is also
possible to see Him without reference to direction. And