this is the position of the vast majority of those who believe in the Messengers, as well as the early generations of the Muslim community and its imams. They agree that Allah will be seen directly in the Hereafter, just as the sun and moon are seen. The impossibility of seeing something in one circumstance does not entail the impossibility of seeing it in another. Rather, something may be seen in one circumstance but not another. Thus, the Prophets see angels and other things that others do not see; indeed, many people even see the jinn.

If, however, he claims that some things which exist in their own right cannot be known through sensory perception under any circumstances, this is a false claim for which he has no evidence. This is the position of the Jahmiyyah, who deny that Allah Most High will be seen.

The early generations of the Muslim community and its imams unanimously rejected their position. Its falsity is known through sound reason, just as it is known through authentic transmitted revelation. In reality, these people are among the most ignorant and misguided, although they consider themselves among the most rational and knowledgeable. They are as Allah Most High says:

“Those who dispute Allah’s signs without any authority having come to them have nothing in their hearts but a desire for greatness which they will never attain.”
Ghāfir 56.

And as He Most High says:

“When they are told, ‘Believe as the people have believed,’ they say, ‘Should we believe as the foolish have believed?’ Indeed, it is they who are foolish, but they do not know.”
Al-Baqarah 13.

And His words:

“When their Messengers came to them with clear proofs, they rejoiced in the knowledge they had, but what they used to ridicule engulfed them.”
Ghāfir 83.