and likewise Jesus, when they asked him about the vision of Allah, replied, “No one has ever seen Allah.” This is a well-known fact among them. If that is so, the veil that screens human beings cannot itself be something human. This nullifies the Christians’ claim that the Lord hid behind a human veil—the body that Mary bore—took it as a covering, and spoke to people from behind it, for the Quran indicates that the veil is not of human origin.
This leads to the fourth line of argument: the body that Mary bore is of the same kind as the bodies of the children of Adam. If it were possible for Him to unite with that body, indwell in it, and for a human frame in this world—through a strength Allah grants it—to bear such indwelling, then it would likewise be possible for Him to unite with other bodies once He endowed them with the necessary strength. And if such union were possible, it would, a fortiori, be possible for Him to address those bodies without any veil at all—yet that contradicts both their own assertions and the Quran.
It therefore becomes clear that the prophets’ denial of anyone seeing Him in this life implies, even more emphatically, the denial that He could physically contact a human being. The Messiah’s human nature is still human; if he cannot see Allah, how could he unite with Him, mingle with Him, and become one with Him like milk with water, fire with iron, or the soul with the body?
The fifth line of argument: It is commonly known that for a descendant of Adam to see Him would be easier than