—authentic, mass-transmitted reports (1). Therefore the author declares: “The vision is real,” that is, it is established by the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and the unanimous agreement of Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamāʿah, early and late; only the innovators and adherents of deviant schools have denied it.

The believers will thus behold their Lord, as He, exalted is He, says: “Faces on that Day will be radiant, looking toward their Lord.” ⦗75:22-23⦘ These are the faces of the believers: “radiant” (nāḍirah) comes from naḍrah, meaning beauty and splendor—“You will recognize in their faces the radiance (naḍrah) of bliss.” ⦗83:24⦘ As for “looking” (nāẓirah), it signifies direct sight with the eyes; one says, “I looked (naẓartu) at such-and-such,” meaning “I saw it.” The verb naẓara appears in several senses in the Book of Allah, but when it is followed by the preposition ilā it denotes visual beholding: “Do they not look at the camels, how they are created—and at the sky, how it is raised…” ⦗88:17-18⦘, that is, have they not observed with their very eyes these wondrous creatures that testify to the power of Allah, the Mighty