Others said, “Allah is not seen plainly or directly.” Some of them say, “I gaze intently at Him when I see Him,” while others say, “One may not gaze intently at Him.”

Some, including Dirār and Hafs al-Fard, said that Allah is not seen with the eyes, but that on the Day of Resurrection He will create a sixth sense, distinct from these senses of ours. Through it we shall apprehend Him and apprehend what He is.

The Bakriyya said that Allah will create a form on the Day of Resurrection in which He will be seen and in which He will speak to His creation.

Al-Husayn al-Najjār said that Allah Most High could transform the eye into a heart and endow it with the capacity for knowledge, so that knowledge could be gained through it, and that this knowledge would constitute seeing Him—that is,