His Messenger ﷺ, but instead inserts his own speculations and interpretations.

If the proper “interpretation” of the Vision—and indeed of every meaning that pertains to divine Lordship—consists in abandoning speculative interpretation and clinging to humble submission, then that is the religion of the Muslims. Whoever does not steer clear of both denial and anthropomorphic likening will stumble and fail to realize true transcendence.

All of this reaffirms what has already been stated: one must submit to whatever has come from Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, including the Vision. We do not meddle in it as the innovators do; rather, we affirm it just as it has reached us and believe in it. We affirm that the believers will behold their Lord on the plains of the Day of Resurrection before they enter Paradise, and that, once inside Paradise, they will behold Him again—an honor for them, because they believed in Him during worldly life without ever seeing Him.

Such is the religion of the Muslims: faith and submission to what has come from Allah and His Messenger, without permitting fancies, conjecture, baseless interpretations, or deviant distortions to intrude. This is Islam. As for those outside the fold, they tamper with what has come from Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, twisting the words from their proper places.

As explained earlier, one must keep to the middle path between outright negation and anthropomorphic comparison: do not go to extremes in proclaiming Allah’s transcendence so as to strip Him of His attributes, as the negators have done, nor be excessive in affirmation so as to liken Allah to His creation. Rather, maintain balance, affirming for Allah that which