and the argument from facing the observer—“are what the Mu'tazilah rely on in their rational arguments,” meaning in the question of denying that Allah Most High can be seen.

He offered three responses to this argument: “First, we have already explained that facing the observer is not a condition for our seeing these things, and we have refuted their claims of self-evidence and their reasoning on this point.

“Second, even if we concede that facing the observer is a condition for our being able to see these things, why do you say that it must be a condition for our being able to see Allah Most High? For seeing Allah Most High, assuming its reality, differs from seeing these