Using Allah's statement to Musa (peace be upon him), "You will not see Me," as evidence for denying the vision

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people cite the saying of the Exalted and Majestic to Musa (peace be upon him), "You shall not see Me," as evidence for denying the vision of Allah in the Hereafter. How should they be answered?

Answer:
Musa asked his Lord for the vision in this world. In this world, no one sees Allah; no one is able to see Allah in this world because of the weakness of the faculties and the bodies in perceiving Allah. Therefore, when He manifested Himself to the mountain, He made it crumble; the mountain crumbled and became dust. This is from the greatness of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. So how could Musa see Allah, Mighty and Majestic, in this world? And so Musa fainted; he was struck by a fainting spell, he was struck by a fainting spell from the greatness of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. So Allah is not seen in this world because of the weakness of the faculties and the weakness of the eyes. "You shall not see Me"—this "shall not" is for this world; it is not for eternity. "Shall not" is not for eternity; it is a negation that is not permanent. He did not say "You will not see Me"; He said "You shall not see Me." And "shall not" is for a negation that is not permanent, meaning in this world, yes.