Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “... And faces, that Day, will be radiant, looking toward their Lord.”

The Shaykh : That is, they look; they look at Allah, Mighty and Majestic, with the eye, a real vision, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) explained. Listen to the explanation of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), about whom Allah said: where he (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: . The sentence here is emphasized by *inna* and the *sin* indicating realization . This is an explicit text that seeing Allah, Mighty and Majestic, with the eye is a reality, because He compared it to something known to everyone, which is seeing the moon. Seeing the moon on the night of the full moon is known to everyone. It is not hidden from anyone. . And may Allah reward you, O Muslims, do you see an explanation greater than this explanation? Answer, O people. No. Do you see your Lord? If He had limited Himself to this sentence, the meaning would have been understood, because *ra'a* (saw), when it takes one object, it is visual sight, and when it takes two objects, it is mental or heart-based sight. So the poet’s saying:
“I saw that Allah is greater than everything *** [and] the attempt, and most of them are soldiers”
The vision here is a mental, heart-based vision. And if I say, “I saw light,” “I saw Zayd,” or “I saw such-and-such,” it is visual sight. And take this rule: “If *ra'a* (saw) takes one object, it is visual sight, and if it takes two objects, it is mental, heart-based sight”. And if I say, “I saw Zayd, and he fell and died. I saw Zayd, and he fell dead.” What is this vision? By Allah, it is difficult; if your eye saw someone fall dead every time, we would say, “May Allah blind you.” The vision here means “I struck his lung.” Listen, my brother, the Arabic language is vast. “I saw Zayd” means “I struck his lung.” Do you understand now? Good. He, Mighty and Majestic, says, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: and he confirmed this vision with a strong confirmation meaning the night of the fourteenth or fifteenth , and in a narration: , and in a third: - with a *ra* -. And the meaning is that no harm will befall you, and you will not crowd together to see Him, because He is clear, and there is no harm to you in seeing Him. And in a narration: . And this is also a confirmed vision by negating what contradicts it, which is his saying . After this explanation, is there any explanation, O Muslims?
The answer: No. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted: He said: . So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) explained this meaning which is hidden, which is? The increase is explained by it as looking at the Face of Allah. And we believe with a firm belief, with no doubt in us, that we will see Allah, Mighty and Majestic, on the Day of Resurrection, meaning that the believers will see their Lord on the Day of Resurrection. And I ask Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to make me and you among them. We believe in that as we believe in the sun, as we believe in the moon on the night of the full moon. Because this came in the Noble Qur'an in several places, which we will explain, if Allah wills, and it came in the pure Sunnah, mass-transmitted from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). And mass-transmission provides certain knowledge, according to the well-known view of the scholars. And listen to the saying of the poet:
“From what is mass-transmitted, a hadith from one who lies”. I ask you, if Allah wills, about it now, pay attention
" From what was mass-transmitted, a hadith of one who lied *** and one who built a house for Allah and sought reward
and seeing the intercession and the Pool *** and wiping over leather socks, and these are some ".
Meaning this is some of the mass-transmitted. Not all mass-transmitted. I will repeat it a second time, or is once enough? Second time:
" From what was mass-transmitted, a hadith of one who lied *** and one who built a house for Allah and sought reward
and seeing the intercession and the Pool *** and wiping over leather socks, and these are some ".
The third:
" From what was mass-transmitted, a hadith of one who lied *** and one who built a house for Allah and sought reward
and seeing the intercession and the Pool *** and wiping over leather socks, and these are some ".
Who memorized? Come on, O Amin.
The student: ... .

The Shaykh : That is incorrect.
The student : " From what is mass-transmitted, a hadith of one who lies *** And one who builds for Allah a house and seeks reward
and seeing the intercession and the Pool *** and wiping over leather socks, and these are some ".

The Shaykh : Well done, may Allah reward you. He said with the first “from what is mass-transmitted,” and this does not hold, because *min* is for the rational being. Good. So the hadiths of the vision, meaning the vision of the believers of their Lord, are mass-transmitted and cannot be denied. But it is astonishing that some people denied seeing Allah. I ask Allah to guide him. And I cannot say that Allah forbids it to him. I do not say, by Allah, that. Because the claim against him that Allah forbids him seeing Him is very difficult. But I say, I ask Allah to guide him so that he believes in what all the texts that came regarding it indicate, although they do not accept distortion. But whoever Allah does not give light to, he has no light. No matter how much you try to convince one to whom Allah has not cast light in his heart, you cannot cast light in his heart. . So seeing Allah is the truth. We now mention what we recall of the evidence from the Noble Book regarding that:
The saying of Musa (peace be upon him): - Pay attention, O man, O wise one, pay attention -. Musa (peace be upon him) said to his Lord, Blessed and Exalted: when Allah, Mighty and Majestic, spoke to him, he longed to see Him .
The indication is that if seeing Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) were impossible and not befitting Him, Musa (peace be upon him) would not have asked for it. He is one of the resolute prophets, one of the five great prophets: Muhammad, Ibrahim, Musa, Isa, and Nuh. Those who say that Allah is not seen claim that it is not befitting for Allah to be seen. If we affirmed that He is seen, we would be affirming a defect and imperfection in His right. Can a prophet from among the resolute prophets ask Allah for what is not befitting Him? Absolutely not. Therefore, this verse indicates the permissibility of seeing Allah (Mighty and Majestic). It is possible to see Him, but Allah said to him, "You will not see Me," because a human in this world can never bear to see Allah (Mighty and Majestic). He gave him an example and said, "Look at the mountain." Do you know the mountain, my brother? A high place? Is that correct? If that were the case, we would be on the mountains now. Do you know sleep? What is it? A natural period, what is it? It prevents a person. If this were sleep, no one would have ever known it. - Sit down, may Allah reward you, drive sleep away from you -. The mountain is known. And the known, they say, is not defined. Only the unknown indefinite is defined. As for the known, defining it is a tautology. . The Lord (Mighty and Majestic) manifested Himself to the mountain; what happened to the mountain? He made it crumble; the mountain crumbled and was uprooted. When Musa saw this great scene, he fainted . The wonder is that those people who deny the vision use this verse to deny the vision. They said: Allah said: And "lan" (never) here is a negation for eternity . So "lan" is for eternity. But they lied about the language. The Qur'an refutes this claim that "lan" is for eternity. Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said in *Al-Kafiyyah*:
“And whoever sees negation with *lan* as eternal *** Then his saying, return it, and support the rest”.
In the Noble Qur'an, Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said: - Complete, no, you are asking these questions, this tap, if we see someone who needs a reminder - Did you make a mistake ? Yes, perfect, may Allah reward you. He said: . *Lan*, and a day will come when the people of the Fire will wish to die. And that is in the saying of Allah the Exalted: . The *lam* here is for supplication, and therefore it made the verb jussive. They ask that Allah decree their death so that they may rest from the torment. May Allah save me and you from the Fire. So *lan* is not for eternity. Rather, it is a negation for a temporary period according to what the situation requires. This is evidence. Among the evidence is also the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: . And that is because the negation of perception is evidence for the existence of the original vision. And if the original vision were negated, the expression would be “You do not see Him,” not “Sight does not see Him.” So when He said: and negated the more specific, it is known that the more general exists, which is vision. Clear? The argument with this verse is clear? Clear. The astonishing thing is that those who deny the vision use this verse. And this verse is a pin above their heads, indicating the establishment of the vision. And the point of that: The requirement of the Arabic language and eloquent speech is that if the more specific is negated, it is evidence for the existence of the more general. And this is clear. meaning and if they saw . How many verses is this? Two verses. The third verse which we are now in the process of explaining: . In which of the two words is the evidence that Allah is seen and that a person sees Him? The first sentence or the second? The second .
The fourth verse: The saying of Allah the Exalted in *Al-Mutaffifin* regarding the wicked: . In it is evidence for the establishment of the vision for others than these from two aspects: The first aspect: What Imam Al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) established, where he said: “If these are veiled in the state of anger, then - what? - then it has become clear and apparent to the others in the state of pleasure. And if it were veiled from everyone, there would be no benefit in negating the veiling from these”.
The second aspect: His saying: indicates that there is something seen, if not for what? The veiling.
The fifth piece of evidence is the saying of Allah the Exalted in the same surah: What are they looking at? They are looking at all the blessings that the Mighty and Majestic has given them, and among that is looking at His Face, because this is in contrast to His saying regarding the wicked: . How many pieces of evidence is this?
The sixth is the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: , because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who is the most knowledgeable of creation regarding the words of Allah, interpreted the increase as looking at the Face of Allah, the Most Noble. If a person wanted to expand on this, he would find other proofs, but for the believer, one proof from the Noble Qur'an or the authentic Sunnah is sufficient. So, our belief, O my brothers, is that Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, is seen on the Day of Resurrection; He is seen with a true, clear vision, just as the moon is seen on the night of the full moon. But without encompassing Him, due to His saying, the Exalted: .